NASA finds clearest sign of life on Mars
NASA explained the discovery of microbial life on the surface of Mars.
Sean Duffy, the new manager of the Space Agency, said that a sample gathered by Perseverance Rover was declared as the ‘the most open life symptom’ on the Red Planet.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Nick Fox, NASA’s assistant manager, said, ‘This is a kind of signature that we will see that it was done by something biological.’
In particular, researchers look at the extraordinary points and seed -like forms that can indicate the presence of small life forms in the distant past.
Nicknamed ‘Poppy seed’ and ‘Leopard Points’ nicknamed these features were detected in mud -like rocks in Neretva Vallis, a part of the Jazero crater, where a river was located billions of years ago.
Since its landing on Mars in 2021, Gezici has been investigating this region.
Scientist Joel Hurowitz explained how these small signatures in the crater pointed out the existence of life on Mars billions of years ago.
Rover’s tools detected chemicals such as iron and phosphorus at these points, which can occur when small germs break the organic material, where a sign of life on earth.
NASA officials have announced new findings by Persence Rover, who has been researching Mars (in the picture) since 2021
NASA manager Sean Duffy announced that it was a ‘the most open life sign’ on Mars, which was collected by Azim.
Gezici has been returning images to Earth for years, revealing the crystal solid substances from the water flowing on the surface and a reddish area it contains. An energy source for organic compounds and what microbial life can be.
While Azim collected the rocks that want life on July 21, 2024, while the northern edge of Neretva Vallis discovered the northern edge, the former river valley was roughly established 3.7 billion years ago.
Scientists, white calcium sulfate identified by identifying vessel -like structures.
Crystal solids on the surface of Mars are the hard puddles left behind by the old groundwater flowing from the dusty landscape.
Among these vessels were material bands with a reddish color showing the presence of hematitis, one of the minerals that gave Mars a unique tone.
Duffy said that the announcement on Wednesday is the peak of 30 -year research on the red planet.
Authorized, the latest findings of the examples probably a biological origin that proves a refereed process, he added.
“ We are here to say that this is exciting and we want to share this news. This can be very real, ‘Duffy continued.
In 2024, Perseverance detected a rock in the form of a vein -filled arrow, which contains chemical signatures and structures of microbial life billions of years ago.
When he made biological examples, Azim received a selfie in Jezero crater on Mars
When NASA was asked whether it plans to take potential organic examples from Mars, Duffy said that the space agency still looked at how and when the rocks could go back to the earth and that we will look at our budgets.
The new ruler appointed by President Trump believed that ‘the president loves space’ and that NASA had money to complete his mission, which has now focused on manned missions in space.
Duffy said the space agency’s mission would be ‘a little focused’, but felt comfortable to ask for more financing from the White House to confirm the findings on Mars.
“We don’t care about this management” examples at any point. “
Previously, the Trump administration had cut off the task of taking Mars sample from the budget proposal for NASA.
