Though we have been hearing this for years i hope this turns out to be the proof. I love anything space related and the idea that life exists elsewhere.
3 weeks ago | 11
Life on Earth started almost immediately once it cooled down sufficiently to sustain life, so I wouldn't be surprised. Microbial life starting on two planets would be great confirmation of how common life probably is.
3 weeks ago | 8
I remember hearing this same thing from NASA about 30 years ago.
2 weeks ago | 0
Bringing it to a lab on Earth would immediately invalidate the findings. They brought an asteroid sample to a lab on Earth, and Earth bacteria immediately began eating it. Bringing a suitable lab to Mars is the second best option. Expensive, you have to know in advance what you will need. The best option is probably the Chinese space station. That way the sample can be studied with all the lab equipment that can be brought to low Earth orbit, with minimal risk of contamination. There are plans for a hull mounted tele-operated lab already.
3 weeks ago | 4
Pffft whatever man. That’s not life, that’s just a clump of cells.
2 weeks ago | 1
Hope they survive 3i/Atlas hitting Mars! Wouldn’t that be a b—-h, finally find life in the vastness of space, and so close too. And boom, right in their kisser. Was nice knowing them
2 weeks ago | 0
Do the parker solar probe and the Viking 1 and 2 mars landers and the Cassini spacecraft and much more.
3 weeks ago | 1
We got to the moon in 10 years to just go literally pick up rocks and samples... This will take over 20 to just get a sample back to Earth from Mars???
2 weeks ago | 0
Theres life on mars ,we just cant reach it !! There is water deep underground and from our experience in even the deepest of cave systems you'll find somethingl It may have once been on the surface but has retreated to safer subterranean environments!!! Same with the ice moons of Saturn and Jupiter!! We just cant access it!!!
3 weeks ago | 0
V101 SPACE
NASA says this could be the clearest sign of life on Mars yet!
A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover in an ancient riverbed may preserve evidence of microbial life from 3.5 billion years ago. Scientists call this kind of clue a potential biosignature—a feature that might have a biological origin, but still needs more data before we can say for sure. “This is the closest we’ve ever come to discovering ancient life on Mars,” said NASA.
It’s not proof, non-biological chemistry can sometimes mimic these signals, but it is the strongest lead yet: minerals, textures, and organics all lining up in the exact setting microbes love on Earth.
What’s next?
Perseverance cored a sample. The gold standard is to bring it to Earth’s labs, but the Mars Sample Return timeline is being reworked and could push into the 2040s. In the meantime, expect more in-situ tests, more drill cores, and a lot of scientific scrutiny before anyone claims a definitive biosignature! - Rob
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