NASA scientist Felisa Wolfe Simon and her team have found a bacteria whose DNA is completely "alien", one that doesn’t share biological building blocks of anything currently living on Earth. They newly discovered microorganism-called GFAJ-1 and found in Mono Lake, California-uses the poisonous arsenic for its building blocks. It’s made of arsenic, which was thought to be impossible. NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery at 2 pm Eastern.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
NASA Finds New Alien Life :The Real Story
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