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An exciting discovery on Mars is being overshadowed by turmoil at NASA, with budget cuts threatening to destroy a scientific legacy that has been built over decades. Yesterday, the agency shared a finding, published in Nature, of potential biosignatures identified by the Mars Perseverance rover in a 3.5 billion-year-old rock. “This very well could be the clearest sign of life …

NASA’s interim administrator Sean Duffy was fired up on Wednesday when he joined a teleconference to talk about new scientific findings that concerned the potential for life to have once existed on Mars. “This is exciting news,” said Duffy about an arrow-shaped rock on Mars found by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The rock contained chemical signatures and structures that could have …

A potentially huge discovery by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will likely remain in scientific limbo for years to come. On Wednesday (Sept. 10), the Perseverance team announced it found possible biosignatures in pieces of a Mars rock called “Cheyava Falls” that the rover first studied last year. Those intriguing chemical fingerprints include the iron-containing minerals vivianite and greigite, which Perseverance …

An Air Force test pilot will lead a four-person NASA crew living for a year inside a simulated Mars habitat as the space agency gears up for future long-term flights. The crew will also include a Space Force officer who oversees spy satellites. A Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet pilot was picked as an alternate for the mission.  “This mission will …

Mars rock contains “clearest sign” yet of potential past life on Red Planet  Axios Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars  Nature Rock discovery contains ‘clearest sign’ yet of ancient life on Mars, NASA says  CNN NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year  NASA (.gov) NASA rover finds potential sign of ancient life in Martian rocks  Reuters Source link

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported 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. While acknowledging the latest analysis “certainly …

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rocky area nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” on July 18, 2024, showing black “poppy seed” and larger “leopard spot” features. Researchers say a sample from the site reveals a tantalizing mix of details suggesting the potential presence of life, billions of years ago. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS hide caption toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS A long time ago, …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Perseverance rover has snapped a uniquely-shaped Martian rock that bears a striking resemblance to a turtle. . | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance rover has snapped an intriguing photo of a “turtle” appearing to poke its head out of its shell on the …

NASA discovers ‘clearest sign of life that we’ve ever found on Mars’  The Washington Post Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars  Nature Rock discovery contains ‘clearest sign’ yet of ancient life on Mars, NASA says  CNN NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year  NASA (.gov) Nasa rover finds rocks on Mars with potential signs of past life  BBC Source link

NASA just announced that its Perseverance rover recently found some on Mars. The rover obtained a sample of rock formed billions of years ago from sediment and there are biomarkers indicating the potential presence of microbes once upon a time. Basically, the rocks contain minerals that typically form as a result of a chemical reaction between mud and organic matter. …