HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A University of Southern Mississippi assistant professor is embarking on a yearlong project to grow a form of blue-green algae in incubation chambers at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County.

Scott Milroy hopes to mimic conditions that exist on the surface of Mars. NASA has provided funding for the research.

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