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New Evidence For Ancient Life On Mars

Posted by kdawson on from the martian-overlords dept.

siddesu writes in with "compelling" new data that chemical and fossil evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars was carried to Earth in a Martian meteorite. The finding is being highlighted by the same NASA team who made the initial discovery 13 years ago. Spaceflight Now has more details of the analysis.

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  1. Re:Mars origin by wizardforce · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can someone explain to me why the set of meteorites are considered more likely to have originated on Mars than from an impact on Earth itself?

    Gas bubbles found in the meteorite have a composition that is very much like the atmosphere on Mars. The gas inclusions don't resemble those of Earth.

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    Sigs are too short to say anything truly profound so read the above post instead.