Life on Mars? NASA says a rock sample shows potential signs of ancient life

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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rocky area nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” on July 18, 2024, showing black “poppy seed” and larger “leopard spot” features. On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer might be in a rock sample that “contains potential biosignatures.”NASA is bringing rocks back from Mars, but what if those samples contain alien life? “This finding by our incredible Perseverance rover is the closest we’ve actually come to discovering ancient life on Mars. The exciting rock sample in question is dubbed Sapphire Canyon. The Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie, made up of 62 individual images, on July 23, 2024.