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-Planetary scientist Vlada Stamenković of the [[NASA]] [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] and colleagues have developed a new chemical model of how oxygen dissolves in [[Mars|Martian]] conditions, which raises the possibility of oxygen-rich brines; enough, the work suggests, to support simple animals such as sponges. The model was published in ''{{w|Nature (journal)|Nature}}'' on October 22 2018.
+Vlada Stamenković of the [[NASA]] [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] and colleagues have developed a  chemical model of how oxygen dissolves in [[Mars|Martian]] conditions. They found that in the cold conditions on Mars the trace amounts of oxygen in its thin atmosphere gets concentrated into oxygen-rich brines. The coldest brines have enough oxygen, the work suggests, to support simple animals such as sponges. The model was published in ''{{w|Nature (journal)|Nature}}'' on October 22 2018.
 ''Wikinews'' caught up with him in an email interview to find out more about his team's research and their plans for the future.

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