Crystal clues on Mars point to watery and possibly life-supporting past

Deposits found on Mars suggest it was once home to alien lifeforms

The find brings researchers closer to answering the question about whether Mars was ever capable of supporting life.

Huge deposits of carbon-bearing rocks discovered on Mars

Findings appear to address a key mystery about Mars’s ancient past: How and when was the planet’s atmosphere thick enough to allow ample water to flow freely over its surface?

Martian rock hints at ancient dense atmosphere

Carbonate mineral is long-sought evidence of conditions that supported liquid water. Carbonate mineral is long-sought evidence of conditions that supported liquid water.

Minerals on Mars signal a watery and ‘possibly life-supporting’ past

Researchers used data from NASA’s Perseverance Rover

Crystal clues on Mars point to watery and possibly life-supporting past

A QUT-led study analyzing data from NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered compelling evidence of multiple mineral-forming events just beneath the Martian surface—findings that bring scientists one step closer to answering the profound question: did life ever exist on Mars?

Mars reveals one of its greatest secrets. What researchers found inside now fundamentally changes our image of the red planet. And it is an important step in the search for life in space.read more on t3n.de