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NASA Finds Pure Quartz on Mars—Could This Be Proof of Ancient Life?

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered high-purity quartz crystals on Mars, a discovery that could reshape the search for ancient life on the Red Planet. The crystals, along with other minerals such as opal,

BGR · 1d

NASA knows exactly where to look on Mars for signs of life

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for signs of life and evidence of Mars’ watery history. Now, thanks to its continued exploration, NASA might know exactly where to look for evidence of life on Mars, and it all begins with quartz crystals.

Ever-Growing USA on MSN · 15h

Scientists Discover New Method to Detect Life on Mars

Researchers have developed a promising technique to identify potential microbial fossils on Mars. Sulfate minerals like gypsum, abundant on the Martian surface, may hold clues to ancient life.

Mars, Deimos and European Space Agency

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 4h

Check Out These Rare Images of Deimos, One of Mars’ Mysterious Moons

Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to rovers on the Martian surface. The only way to see Deimos’ far side up close is for a probe like Hera to fly behind it, making such images more of a rarity.

Space.com on MSN · 1d

Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant impact on Mars.

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Mysterious Mars moon captured in unprecedented images by space probe

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

Space.com on MSN4h

'Poppy seeds' and 'leopard spots' on Mars could hint at ancient microbial life

A rock on Mars that may hold clues about ancient microbial life on the Red Planet continues to puzzle scientists.

Scientific American11h

If Life on Mars Ever Existed, This Bizarre Rock May Tell Us

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

Earth.com1d

Astonishing discovery of minerals on Mars hints at a habitable past

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

Space on MSN3d

Life on Mars? It probably looks like something you'd find in your stomach

Organisms known as extremophiles have been found inhabiting a range of extreme conditions on Earth, including inside our ...

SpaceX’s Starship Plan To Land First Humans On Mars, But Not Till 2031

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to speed astronauts to Mars, but not until 2031.

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