NASA Rover Finds Clues Of Ancient Life On Mars
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An exciting discovery on Mars is being overshadowed by turmoil at NASA, with budget cuts threatening to destroy a scientific legacy that has been built over decades. Yesterday, the agency shared a finding, published in Nature, of potential biosignatures identified by the Mars Perseverance rover in a 3.5 billion-year-old rock.
Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery and James Spicer — will spend a year inside a Mars habitat in the NASA Johnson Space Center starting Oct. 19.