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If you read the paper instead of ctrl-fing they spend a lot of time discrediting the hematite hypothesis.
by jboggan 5y ago
If you read the paper instead of ctrl-fing they spend a lot of time discrediting the hematite hypothesis.
- hcrisp 5y agoI guess my point is that they are, at minimum, not in the mainstream in discussing this phenomena. That is not a refutation of their research or logic but gives context to what other serious scientists have concluded. Even this article [1] on NASA's astrobiology site (a.k.a. "Life in the universe") concurs that they are hematite mineral concretions and that the only real implication to life is the ancient presence of a large volume of water. [1] https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/check-type-iron-blueberries/ https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/check-type-iron-blueberri...