Scientists analyzed halite samples from 830 million years ago using optical techniques. Inside the samples, they found microorganisms such as bacteria, algae and fungi that may still be alive. NASA ...
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Scientists have discovered 1.4 billion-year-old air bubbles trapped in salt crystals
A team of researchers has successfully analyzed ancient air bubbles trapped in 1.4-billion-year-old salt crystals from northern Ontario, Canada. This unprecedented discovery has provided the first ...
Primary fluid inclusions in bedded halite from the 830-million-year-old Browne Formation of central Australia contain organic solids and liquids, as documented with transmitted light and UV-vis ...
Geologists are planning to crack open an 830-million-year-old rock salt crystal, which they believe contains ancient microorganisms that may still be alive. Researchers from the Geological Society of ...
Evaporite deposits, usually halite ‘rock salt’ (NaCl), represent the desiccated remains of ancient seas or saline lakes. Accounts stretching back over almost a century suggest that microorganisms may ...
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