Phoenix Lander scientists believe Martian soil appears to contain sufficient nutrients to support life.
Preliminary analysis on the planet’s soil have found it to be much more alkaline than expected.
In another development Phoenix has scraped to icy soil confirming that surface, subsurface and icy soil can be sampled at a single trench.
The mission appears to be making excellent progress, with the possibility of discovering evidence of Martian life either now, or in the past, seemingly increasing on a daily basis.
