In a Mexican cave system so beautiful and hot that it is called both Fairylandand hell, scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be 50,000 years old.
The bizarre and ancient microbes were found dormant in caves in Naica, Mexico, andwere able to exist by living on minerals such as iron and manganese, said PenelopeBoston, head of NASA’s Astrobiology Institute.
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