{"id":1147,"date":"2016-12-21T20:03:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T02:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2018-07-05T15:00:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T20:00:19","slug":"as-in-chile-so-on-mars-silica-nodules-and-the-case-for-micobial-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1147","title":{"rendered":"As in Chile, So on Mars: Silica Nodules and the Case for Micobial Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/node\/410280\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d4\/Chile-Tatio-Geyser.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geysers at El Tatio, in Chile. Photo by Chmouel Boudjnah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Work in the Chilean desert by Arizona State University scientists has reopened debate regarding the biological origins of Martian silica fragments found in 2007 \u2014 and strengthened the case for life on Mars billions of years ago.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Spirit rover churned up the opaline silica deposits as it explored the Columbia Hills area of Mars\u2019s Gusev Crater.<\/p>\n<p>Read\/listen to my full story at KJZZ\u2019s Arizona Science Desk:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/node\/410280\" target=\"_blank\">Silica Nodules In Chile Argue For Ancient Life On Mars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work in the Chilean desert by Arizona State University scientists has reopened debate regarding the biological origins of Martian silica fragments found in 2007 \u2014 and strengthened the case for life on Mars billions of years ago. NASA\u2019s Spirit rover churned up the opaline silica deposits as it explored the Columbia Hills area of Mars\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1147\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">As in Chile, So on Mars: Silica Nodules and the Case for Micobial Life<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,22,3,57],"tags":[1193,1227,1225,1226,1224,1228,153,79,25,58],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-biochemistry","category-science","category-space","tag-arizona-state-university","tag-atacama-desert","tag-chile","tag-el-tatio","tag-gusev-crater","tag-life","tag-mars","tag-nasa","tag-nature","tag-planets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1149,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions\/1149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}