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Ben Turner

NASA Mars rover finds 'first compelling detection' of potential fossilized life on the Red Planet

An image of Cheyava Fallas, showing white markings that could be traces of ancient microbial activity.

NASA's Perseverance rover may have discovered evidence of past life on Mars, after spotting a  strange, speckled rock with signs of chemistry that could have supported ancient microbes.

The rover discovered the arrow-shaped rock, nicknamed Chevaya Falls, along the northern bank of Neretva Vallis, an ancient, now desiccated river that once rushed into Mars' Jezero Crater.

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