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Under Mars takes major step by NASA. Makes discovery beneath surface new research has focused on a series of gullies around Martian surface which could provide right conditions for life. life on Mars is one step closer after scientists pinpointed most likely to exist. New research has concluded radiation from the sun would kill it off on the surface, but there are protected areas that could sustain microbial life.

Researchers discovered most likely place for it to exist would be a few centimetres below surface, around ice contains a small amount of dust similar to what’s found in Alaska, environment way allow organisms to harness energy from light for photosynthesis, being protected from damaging ultraviolet radiation. 

An alternative “habitable zone” could also lie several metres below the surface, but that would require the ice to be much cleaner, allowing sunlight to penetrate deeper. In both cases computer modelling suggests tiny amounts of melted water could provide habitat for simple lifeforms including algae, fungi, and cyanobacteria.