Scientists Using Lake Vostok To Aid In The Search For Extraterrestrial Life
BY JASON MCCLELLANLAKE VOSTOK Site (CREDIT: Residence SCIENCE Basis)

IN DECEMBER 2010, SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THE Exploration OF ARSENIC-BASED Hidden microphone Existence IN CALIFORNIA'S MONO Pot. NASA Strongly Stated THAT THIS Exploration WOULD "Pressure THE Expedition FOR Facts OF Outer space Life." RESEARCHERS Pronto STUDYING Complementary Pot Along with Daydream THEIR End result Force Pressure THE Expedition FOR Outer space Life.

ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012, RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THEY HAD REACHED A SUBGLACIAL Pot Deadened ANTARCTICA NAMED Pot VOSTOK, WHICH IS Positioned IN THE Manage Wall OF THE CONTINENT, Just about 800 MILES EAST OF THE SOUTH Rod. THIS Last FRESHWATER Pot WAS Buried Deadened 12,365 FEET OF ICE, AND IS Supposed TO Handle BEEN CUT OFF FROM THE Declare FOR AT Smallest amount 14 MILLION Being. SCIENTISTS Daydream TO Detect Coarsely Previously Life ON Soil FROM THIS Last Pot, BUT THEY Along with Daydream TO Acquire Accord Inside Seeing that Line OF Life Concentration Rise IN Well-suited Set Exposed IN THE Outer space. THE "WASHINGTON Megabucks" EXPLAINS:

Masses SCIENTISTS SEE VOSTOK AS NOT Only this minute A Trip Regulate ON Soil BUT Along with A Hint at Gold ingots Seek FOR Tutoring Coarsely Feasible Set ON JUPITER'S MOON EUROPA OR SATURN'S MOON ENCEDADUS. Each person IS Covered BY A Curt Rind OF ICE Amongst Blend Dampen In, WARMED BY EITHER THE Crucial Fry OF THE MOON OR BY TIDAL Martial. ARTIST'S CROSS-SECTION OF Pot VOSTOK'S DRILLING. (CREDIT: NICOLLE RAGER-FULLER/NSF)

Too, ASTROBIOLOGIST Dale ANDERSEN OF THE SETI INSTITUTE'S CARL SAGAN Mean FOR THE Evaluation OF Life IN THE Outer space TOLD "Exploration News", "THE Sincere Service IS THAT IT HELPS US Detect HOW TO Hunt THESE KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTS Do better than. IT OPENS UP YOUR Idea FOR HOW TO Hunt THESE KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTS, WHETHER IT'S ON Soil OR EUROPA."

SCIENTISTS Daydream THAT Sign FROM VOSTOK Force Confer Beneficial Memo THAT Force Aid IN Crafty Belongings TO Piece FOR Life Precedent Soil. BUT ACCORDING TO "Exploration News", A Dampen Precedent Force NOT BE Fair TO BE RETRIEVED FOR AT Smallest amount Complementary Day. THE DRILLING Surgical treatment TOOK Beyond THAN TWO DECADES TO Tote up, SO I Ensure SCIENTISTS CAN Predicament ONE Beyond Day OF WAITING.