Multiple recent observations made by rovers on the red planet could bear the signatures of microbes
, where heat and chemical compounds mixed with flowing water, creating possible energy sources.
However, none of these observations have so far been linked to biology, and there’s always a chance that processes we don’t fully understand are mimicking the signatures of life. of Pennsylvania State University. “Once you get out of the Earth-centric mindset, then you can start to think of these other ways in which Mars might behave.“Curiosity’s weirdest, most tantalizing observation only emerged recently.
But House, who led the analysis, says the story is far from clear. He and his colleagues offered three possible explanations for the imbalance.
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