'They've probably been untouched for 49 million years': The New Mexico cave expanding our search for alien life

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'They've Probably Been Untouched For 49 Million Years': The New Mexico Cave Expanding Our Search For Alien Life

By BBC

When cave biologist Hazel Barton ventured into the pitch darkness, the last thing she expected to find were organisms harnessing energy from light. This new understanding of photosynthesis in the dark, she realised, means life elsewhere in the Univer ...Read more

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