New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported on Wednesday.
They stressed that in-depth analysis is needed of the sample gathered there by Perseverance — ideally in labs on Earth — before reaching any conclusions.
Roaming Mars since 2021, the rover cannot directly detect life.
This image provided by NASA shows NASA's Perseverance Mars rover taking a selfie, made up of 62 individual images on July 23, 2024. (NASA via AP) (AP)
Instead, it carries a drill to penetrate rocks and tubes to hold the samples gathered from places judged most suitable for hosting life billions of years ago.
The samples are awaiting retrieval to Earth — an ambitious plan that's on ho...