Present-day Mars is thought to be unsuitable for life as we know it. However, a thin coating of silica aerogel on the Martian surface may be enough to induce local, potentially habitable subsurface environments.
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Rivera-Valentín, E.G. Reimagining terraforming. Nat Astron 3, 883–884 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0908-7
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