Lyle White /newsroom/taxonomy/term/8951/all en CTV | The search for life on Mars begins at 平特五不中's Macdonald Campus /newsroom/channels/news/ctv-search-life-mars-begins-mcgills-macdonald-campus-285383 <p>鈥淭here are some indications that Mars, many billions of years ago, was much warmer 鈥 and much wetter,鈥 explained Lyle White, a 平特五不中 professor. 鈥淲here it would have been an environment that we can envision it would have hosted life as we know on Earth.鈥<br /> <a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/the-search-for-life-on-mars-begins-at-mcgill-s-macdonald-campus-1.3818546">CTV News</a></p> Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:58:36 +0000 nathan.menezes@mail.mcgill.ca 33011 at /newsroom It鈥檚 what's underneath that counts /newsroom/channels/news/its-whats-underneath-counts-263769 <p>To the naked eye, ancient rocks may look completely inhospitable, but in reality, they can sustain an entire ecosystem of microbial communities in their fracture waters isolated from sunlight for millions, if not billions, of years. New scientific findings discovered the essential energy source to sustain the life kilometres below Earth鈥檚 surface with implications for life not only on our planet but also on Mars.聽</p> Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:36:05 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26333 at /newsroom