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Simona Kitanovska

NASA’s Martian Rover Finds Rocks Shaped By Water And Seeks Signs Of Life

Martian rocks that could contain signs of life have been collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover.

The ancient samples were altered by water that flowed over the Red Planet when it was a water world. They have been stored by the robot–ready to be returned to Earth.

The findings have been described in a paper titled Aqueously altered igneous rocks on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars, published in the journal Science Advances.

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