NASA’s Curiosity rover has just presented evidence that life once existed on Mars or is quite possible now. In any case, scientists are very excited
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds evidence that Mars has either had life – or could still be / Photo: istockphoto.com, interestingengineering
NASA is one step closer to discovering ancient microbial life on Mars Curiosity rover finds evidencethat on the Red Planet there are suitable conditions for this.
We also wrote that Starship will be tested, but the launch license has not been received. Scientists using data from the Curiosity rover have measured total organic carbon in Martian rocks for the first time, NASA said in a press statement. Their results showed that this key ingredient for life on the Red Planet is abundant.
The Curiosity rover drilled samples of 3.5 billion-year-old mudstone rocks in the Yellowknife Bay Formation at Gale Crater, the site of an ancient lakebed on Mars. The rover then delivered the sample to its instrument for analysis. samples on Mars (SAM), where a furnace heated powdered rock to ever higher temperatures to make measurements.
Organic carbon has been converted to carbon dioxide to measure the amount of organic carbon in rocks. While the researchers say the new results provide valuable data, they also highlight the fact that they still do not provide conclusive evidence for the existence of life on Mars.
The rover has found that the conditions on Mars could once be suitable for life, and it may be possible to recreate them / Photo: interestingengineering
But the find indicates that conditions on Mars could once have been suitable for life on the planet, and perhaps these conditions can be recreated. The new information will be analyzed along with other recent findings, including photographic evidence from the Perseverance rover.
They show that Jezero Crater was once a large lake with a flowing river adjoining it. The rovers will continue to explore the surface of the Red Planet, collecting samples. Some of them will eventually return to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return mission, which, expected to take place in the 2030s.
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