NASA rover finds hints of past life on Mars
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Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been made by ancient life.
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Space.com on MSNNASA will reveal new Perseverance Mars rover discovery today: Here's how to watch live
NASA officials will unveil details about a new finding connected to a unique sample the Perseverance rover found on Mars today (Sept. 10) and you can watch it live online.
After years of searching, NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered some polka-dotted rocks that may provide the strongest evidence yet of Martian life, per a groundbreaking study published in the journal “Nature” on Wednesday.
The exact origin of the material is unclear but Hurowitz described the find as "the first compelling signal of organic matter that we've had since we landed in Jezero Crater."
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Space.com on MSNDid NASA's Perseverance rover actually find evidence of life on Mars? We need to haul its samples home to find out, scientists say
"The idea was for our payload to get us just up to the potential biosignature designation and have the rest of the story told by instruments here on Earth."
Scientists have long been fascinated by Mars, studying the rocks and minerals on its surface, and they might have learned something new about its past.