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Scientists work in the desert. One person wears a clean suit, hair net, mask and gloves to prevent sample contamination.

Digging for Microbes – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

Scientists from the ARADS astrobiology project recently did field work in Chile’s Atacama Desert, learning about the rare microbes that manage to live in this extreme environment.

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