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Tannir48 t1_iu029ri wrote

Pretty annoying to see people discounting these articles.

The point of the study is to demonstrate that life could have 1) existed and 2) could still exist on Mars with realistic parameters, likely in the immediate or deep subsurface depending on the location and microbe. This was successfully demonstrated with a particular bacteria surviving for up to 280 million years in the subsurface. This helps illustrate possible risks and discoveries possible on Mars.

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Bensemus t1_iu12o3r wrote

They aren’t discounting the actual study. They are discounting the article that doesn’t understand the study it’s reporting on.

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Tannir48 t1_iu16ypf wrote

What I wrote is literally what I ascertained from reading the article. People are just clowning cause the headline is a little clickbait

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