Did NASA Really Find Evidence Of Microbial Life On Mars? Here's What We Know

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NASA's rover has found an unusual mix of minerals and organic carbon in ancient mudstones on Mars. A study describing the finding could be interpreted as a sign of microbial life that once lived on the Red Planet, but identifying the origin of the compounds would require detailed laboratory studies of the rock samples collected.

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The planet may have been habitable longer than expected (ANSA)

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A sample collected by NASA’s rover Perseverance in an ancient dry stream of the Jezero crater could retain evidence of past microbial life. The fragment, taken in 2024 from a rock named ‘Cheyava Falls’ and called ‘Sapphire Canyon’, contains possible biosignatures, according to a study in Nature magazine. These are substances or structures that may have biological origin, although they require more data or studies before confirming the presence o…