Nature Astronomy, Published online: 27 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02381-x

In hyperarid environments, life can obtain water through salts that draw moisture from the atmosphere. These salts, then, should be a focus of searches for life on Mars. The experiments performed by NASA’s Viking landers may have accidentally killed Martian life by applying too much water.

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