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Iron breathing microbes that evolved during Snowball Earth period expelling iron nanosphere. The environment had been sealed by glaciers for at least a million years. Life like we never seen before. They had to use a transmission electron micrsoscope to see it. Which also means none of the current life seeking rovers or the Europa Clipper has these instruments. Also gives urgency to get those samples back from mars so we can study them with the big instruments.

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