Strange life-forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'

[abu afak]

Time to stop humoring the YEC clowns and get back to some fun science.
Seems there could be life in previously unimaginable conditions.
And who know where else in the Universe.

Strange life-forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'
The rock-eating, sulfur-breathing microbes have scientists wondering
what other strange creatures dwell deep below Earth's surface.
Sept. 7, 2019
nbcnews.com - Corey S. Powell
Strange life-forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'

"...Something odd is stirring in the depths of Canada's Kidd Mine. The zinc and copper mine, 350 miles northwest of Toronto, is the deepest spot ever explored on land and the reservoir of the oldest known water. And yet 7,900 feet below the surface, in perpetual darkness and in waters that have remained undisturbed for up to two billion years, the mine is teeming with life.

Many scientists had doubted that anything could live under such extreme conditions...."​

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[Mac1958]

Time to stop humoring the YEC clowns and get back to some fun science.
Seems there could be life in previously unimaginable conditions.
And who know where else in the Universe.

Strange life-forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'
The rock-eating, sulfur-breathing microbes have scientists wondering
what other strange creatures dwell deep below Earth's surface.
Sept. 7, 2019
nbcnews.com - Corey S. Powell
Strange life-forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'

"...Something odd is stirring in the depths of Canada's Kidd Mine. The zinc and copper mine, 350 miles northwest of Toronto, is the deepest spot ever explored on land and the reservoir of the oldest known water. And yet 7,900 feet below the surface, in perpetual darkness and in waters that have remained undisturbed for up to two billion years, the mine is teeming with life.

Many scientists had doubted that anything could live under such extreme conditions...."​

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Great stuff.

Another neat thing about this is that, as we learn how life can flourish in (what we think are) extreme conditions, that opens the door to the possibility that life can exist on planets and moons where we didn't formerly think it was possible.

I love this stuff.
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