Wait, What? NASA Found Signs of Ancient Alien Life on Mars

NASA has published an important update of perseverance March Rover on September 10, focusing on a particularly juicy treat for those who look from their home: a small rock sample called Sapphire Canyon has shown signs of potential biosignatures, or an ancient life that may have grown up on Mars.

This is possible due to the unique location where perseverance located the sample in July 2024. It came from a rock named Cheyava Falls. This particular rock is in Jezero Crater, which houses an old dry river bed. In other words, the water once flowed abundantly at this place, one of the most essential requirements for life as we know it.

By exploring, the cameras of Perseverance picked up colorful and leopard type spots which finally led to the discovery of the Canyon sapphire.

When CNET contacted NASA to understand what this discovery means, Dr. Becky McCauley Rench, scientist of the NASA astrobiology program provided valuable information. “That we are alone in the universe is one of the most important questions to which NASA to answer,” said Dr. Rench. “The current surface environment of March is not welcoming for life as we know it. However, if we determine that Mars has indeed animated life in the deep past, this would increase the possibility that a certain form of life has survived to the present day in underground habitats.”

Life on Mars?

So, does this finally confirm that life used to exist on Mars? It is a very good start, and the most important lead that NASA has found it so far. Dr. Revech was clear on this point. “This discovery considerably increases our chances of finding ancient signatures from life to Mars. It suggests the possibility of life on Mars several billion years ago. It does not provide any proof of life on March today.”

The data collected by perseverance using his on -board instruments (lithochemistry of X -ray and Sherloc scanner of NASA) were evaluated by peers and seem promising, but it does not absolutely confirm life. More tests and entry are necessary for this, and the samples could have been generated from a natural chemical process without the presence of life. But scientists are enthusiastic about these signs and eager to know more.

What kind of March is we talking about? It is not the genre that comes in peace or that goes very much anywhere. Possible biosignatures indicate a small microbial lifespan. Sapphire Canyon has shown signs of vivianitis and greigite. Vivianite, in particular, is on the peat bogs and swamps of the peat of the earth, while Greigite is a by-product that certain earth microbes leave behind. Think of this discovery as a potential algae or a foam of marshes.

NASA works to analyze data, perform more tests and share results with other scientists from around the world to see what they can learn more. There is much to exclude, from accidental contamination to the probability of non -biological origin. It’s hard to do millions of kilometers away, but NASA is on the case.