NASA's Perseverance , Rover Finds Ingredients for , Life on Mars.
Vice reports that the NASA Perseverance rover's search
for signs of life on Mars may have uncovered details about
habitable conditions that once existed on the Red Planet.
Currently, Mars is a frigid and barren world, but a growing
body of evidence suggests that the planet was warmer,
wetter and even habitable billions of years ago.
The Perseverance rover is searching
for traces of ancient life in samples
collected from the Jezero Crater.
On November 23, the teams behind the rover's
specialized instruments published three
studies summarizing their findings.
The team estimates that
Mars hosted water about
3.8 billion years ago. .
In that kind of environment, we're seeing
very, very strange chemistry which is not
common on Earth at all, but seems to be
more common on Mars because we've
seen these kinds of materials in
almost all the missions now. , Eva Scheller, Planetary scientist at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, via 'Vice'.
Perseverance also found organic molecules,
key ingredients for life, which confirms that
the Jezero Crater once enjoyed habitable conditions.
An analysis of rocks in the Séítah
formation revealed watery
alterations to minerals and crystals.
It's been a really amazing journey.
I've really been able to see the mission unfold
scientifically from the very beginning, so it's
actually a little bit surreal that we finally
figured out a place to land and we actually
got information from where we landed, Eva Scheller, Planetary scientist at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, via 'Vice'.
It has been a huge undertaking by
hundreds and hundreds of people, Eva Scheller, Planetary scientist at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, via 'Vice'