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Studied for its extremophilic microorganisms, hot springs and hydrothermal vents, findings suggest life can thrive in high-temperature, acidic conditions.

One of Earth's oldest rock formations, analysis of stromatolites, contributes to understanding the conditions where life could have originated on Earth.

Study of extremophiles in volcanic regions, microbial life in high-temperature sulfur-rich conditions, informs about possibilities of life on exoplanets.

Studied for microbial life that processes sulfur instead of oxygen, similarities to early Earth environments, contribution to the understanding of chemosynthesis.

Examined for its hyperarid conditions, nearly devoid of life, findings aid understanding of potential life on arid extraterrestrial environments like Mars.

Investigated for microbial communities in hydrothermal vents, offers context for thermophilic life-forms and implications for subsurface life on Mars.

Acidic river in Spain, high concentrations of iron and sulfide, studying extremophiles here informs potential life on Mars due to similar mineralogy and acidity.

Meteorite impact site with geological similarities to Martian craters, insights into post-impact hydrothermal systems, and life's resilience to catastrophic events.

Challenging deep-ocean environment, extreme pressure, dark and cold conditions, research has found novel microorganisms living without sunlight.

Subglacial lake in Antarctica, offers insights into life in cold, dark, and isolated conditions, possibly similar to Jupiter's moon Europa.

Alkaline hydrothermal vents, unlike typical black smokers, its unique chemistry suggests how life might form in water-rock interactions without organic molecules.