Did Perseverance Just Find Traces of Ancient Martian Life?
Since landing in 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring Jezero Crater, a site believed to have once hosted a lake. Now, new findings from the crater’s “Neretva Vallis” suggest something extraordinary: minerals that, on Earth, are often linked to microbial metabolisms consuming organic matter. While scientists emphasize caution — these could also result from…