A happy home for some (Image: Jw2c/Wikimedia Commons)
LIQUID asphalt is not a likely home, but hardy microbes have been found thriving in a natural lake made of the stuff. The discovery hints that alien life could exist in similar places.
Microbes are known to exist in tar pits, but it was not known if natural asphalt pools, with their more toxic composition, could harbour life.
in Pullman and his team analysed samples from – one of the planet’s three known natural asphalt lakes – where hydrocarbons seep up…
