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NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient ...

Mars is often described as a dead planet, but fresh findings suggest it may have been much livelier in the past—at least geochemically speaking. In a new study published in theJournal of Geophysical ...

A new study co-authored by Texas A&M University geologist Dr. Michael Tice has revealed potential chemical signatures of ancient Martian microbial ...

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The AP explained that the rover cannot detect life; instead, it gathers samples using a drill, and keeps them in tubes until samples can be collected by NASA, which it is not able to do so yet. The ...

A six-wheeled geologist named Perseverance may have just found the first extraterrestrial life form. A year ago, the rover ...

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