Home Plate opaline silica (left) occurs in nodular masses with digitate structures that resemble those at El Tatio (right). Credit: ASU/Ruff & Farmer During its wheeled treks on the Red …
By Sarah Scoles smithsonian.com 2-1-16 Unusual silica formations spotted by a NASA rover look a lot like structures formed by microbes around geysers on Earth The hunt for signs of life on Ma…