NASA's Perseverance rover found several rock samples containing organic matter in Jezero Crater, as it investigates for signs of ancient life.
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NASA's Perseverance rover is investigating signs of ancient life on Mars, and has now collected some of the most promising samples from the Red Planet yet.
According to NASA, several rock samples containing organic matter were found in Jezero Crater, a 28-mile wide crater home to what scientists believe was once a river delta that formed about 3.5 billion years ago.
"Jezero was selected for this mission because… it allows us to explore an ancient habitable environment (and) it allows us to seek evidence of possible, Martin life in rocks deposited at that time, about 3 and-a-half billion years ago," Perseverance project scientist Ken Farley said in a recorded panel about the rover's findings.
"I want to emphasize, this mission is not looking for extant life, things that are alive today. Instead, we are looking into the very distant past, when Mars' climate was very different than it is today," Farley added.
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It’s life on Mars but not in the womb. 🤔
@OUTLAW all BILLIONAIREZ Quick question. Would you rather grow up in an orphanage or never have a chance at life?
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@Keith Hoss so… No answer. Big surprise, Pee Wee Herman.
You could say “I know you are, but what am I!??”
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Wow this seems rather understated relevant to the discovery of organic matter on Mars
Here we go again with the cgi 😂😂
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A)… We did stuff.
B)… We don’t understand the results.
C)… So, we’ll keep doing stuff.
lul okey dokey
“Outer space” is a lie agreed upon.
Wow! This is something.
This means there can be life on Mars. Human can soon stay there for a while.
2033. Is insane.but understandable sadly
It does not seem realistic to me to say that we have found something after 58 years in a place where there has been no development since 1964.