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theta0123 t1_itzdcvu wrote

I hope i live old enough to see humans land on mars.. (31 y old now)

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BigDaddyCool17 t1_itzg7jd wrote

If you've ever seen any science fiction movie ever, please don't bring them back to earth to study.

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ILoveJimHarbaugh t1_itzhpih wrote

The study done to conclude this is cool and useful.

The way news outlets are framing it is a bit less useful.

Microbes surviving under the surface is contingent upon life having ever existed on Mars which is still just as unknown as it was before the study.

It's kind of like a headline saying, "Atlantis may have surviving buildings at the bottom of the ocean." But the study they are quoting is simply studying the longevity of structures underwater - NOT saying anything about Atlantis actually being real.

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PAROV_WOLFGANG t1_itzirhl wrote

IF such a thing exist then I would recommend that we do NOT bring them back to Earth.

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smokebomb_exe t1_itzlxrh wrote

Haven't we been told this for like 20 years now

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iChronocos t1_itzlylg wrote

Ahh mars flu. If the past two years have taught me anything, this will be just fine.

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AmonMetalHead t1_itzp9b9 wrote

Replying to theta0123 (#258,406)

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NickitOff t1_itzprpo wrote

They may have survived? Well, not now! You exposed their location; game over man!

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Thepandarammer t1_itzrdto wrote

I’m loaded up on cold medicine and thought this said Micro-bees.

While not as exciting as micro bees with tons of micro hives, microbes are pretty damn cool too! It’s incredible that they can likely survive 280million years if deep enough!

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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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malcontented t1_iu02fb6 wrote

Title and first line are misleading

“Ancient bacteria might be sleeping beneath the surface of Mars, where it has been shielded from the harsh radiation of space for millions of years, according to new research.”

Should read: “Ancient bacteria (if it ever existed there) might be sleeping beneath the surface of Mars, where it has been shielded from the harsh radiation of space for millions of years, according to new research.”

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froggison t1_iu074kq wrote

Replying to Gravelsack (#258,612)

Yeah it's the point where they're going to find whole species of multicellular life still swimming around over there, and I'll still reflexively skip the articles. Lol for a solid week I'll still be rolling my eyes at "all the click bait".

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sirbruce t1_iu0gdah wrote

Not only may they have, they did, and Viking discovered it, and NASA discounted it because they didn't think it was possible at the time.

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2muchcheap t1_iu0ievz wrote

"Aliens MAY be here among us living in our buttholes"

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LeftistEddie t1_iu0u5de wrote

Replying to FeistmasterFlex (#262,740)

I would love some sources you could point me to about "starting to beat climate change" and by us collectively yes I mean forcing our government to crack down and work for us and the planet, but they wont and we wont force them because most people are still blind to the climate crisis, plastics crisis, waste crisis etc.

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Darkwisper222 t1_iu104sc wrote

I see a post like this like twice a year for the last 20 years.

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ForsakenWebNinja t1_iu119sg wrote

Yes and I may win the lottery some day. Keyword there is “may”

I hope both turn out to be true though…

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unknowndeus t1_iu1a6hb wrote

They need to keep all specimens onboard a space station with a nuke ready to detonate Incase of containment breach. Don't bring that crap back to earth.

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BongyBoy2025 t1_iu2dljl wrote

I imagine it would wipe all humans out similar to how smallpox wiped out entire cities in the South American continent (lost cities, maybe millions of people) when European explorers first sailed through

100 years later another guy sails through and says the first guy was lying about how there were cities on the amazon river (The jungle overgrew the empty cities, and these lost cities are now being discovered due to Lidar scanning and also deforestation)

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AllMyFrendsArePixels t1_iu2ob8m wrote

a lot of things "may have" happened. call me if it ever gets confirmed because THAT would be exciting news.

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Aethelric t1_iu2rdwn wrote

Replying to lobsterbash (#262,448)

>Science is already fascinating and worthy of clicks without lying and baiting

Sure! But, in a vicious media economy where very few people will actually pay you money directly for your product, sites will be heavily incentivized to seek clicks (i.e. ad revenue) at the expense of all else. Until that incentive is removed, expect this to keep happening.

Because the truth is: Everyone here complains about these sorts of posts ad nauseum, but they're still posted, still upvoted, and still generate a ton of discussion and eyeballs. We've voted with our clicks, and clickbait won.

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PB_Mack t1_iu2rzhm wrote

I doubt it. I think any microbes would have migrated toward the sun for the energy. You'd see soemthing on the surface that could handle the environment.

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malcontented t1_iu2skui wrote

Replying to Aethelric (#275,176)

Ok so 3rd grade English review, “Ancient microbes” in the title without any qualifiers explicitly states there were ancient microbes.

Hope this helps with your reading comprehension

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FeistmasterFlex t1_iu40j1x wrote

Replying to GUMBYtheOG (#276,154)

Yes, this is actually a little known fact. By universal law bus drivers are obligated to avoid people who take care of themselves. If this law is broken, spacetime will warp to prevent the collision and the driver will be prosecuted accordingly.

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Aethelric t1_iu4owuj wrote

Replying to malcontented (#275,319)

I guess if you're bringing the preexisting knowledge of an illiterate child to the equation, which seems likely, that'd be true. Since anyone with even a smattering of knowledge about space knows that we haven't explicitly proved that life exists, the meaning here is clear.

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malcontented t1_iu6mc4q wrote

Replying to Aethelric (#288,504)

If you ask the average CNN viewer if we’ve discovered any evidence of microbial life on Mars either currently alive or ancient I’m guessing the percent answering “yes” would be significantly different from zero.

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