Exploring Mars: Unveiling Clues of Past Life on the Red Planet with Rover ‘Curiosity’

2023-08-19 17:12:59
Mars | RollingThe robotic rover “Curiosity”, after 11 years of roaming on Mars, has discovered new evidence that life was possible on the Red Planet in the past. In 2021, Curiosity found an unusual group of ribbed cracks inside the soil, which scientists now believe is evidence of the fluctuation of the Martian climate between a dry and wet season, similar to Earth’s climate favorable to the emergence of living organisms 3.6 billion years ago, according to a recent study. According to the study, scientists said that these climatic cycles encourage the formation of the building blocks of organic compounds and DNA. It is noteworthy that the discovery was found in what is believed to be the site of an ancient lake on Mars, sandwiched between a sedimentary layer rich in clay and a more salty sulfur layer. It is reported that “Curiosity” was launched on a two-year mission in 2011; To collect information about whether Mars is habitable, but due to the great success of the mission has been extended indefinitely.
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