Ancient Mars rocks may be remains of life



Source:  Holly Hight, Cosmos Online


Excerpt:  ...Rocks in the Nili Fossae region of Mars are similar to the earliest evidence of life on Earth – the ‘stromatolites’ of Western Australia – scientists said. “We have found a location on Mars that is very similar to an ancient part of the Earth that is known to have been inhabited,” said Adrian Brown of the SETI Institute in California.  …“The question that remains now is - we know Mars was habitable, but was it ‘inhabited’ by life?
 

www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3606/ancient-mars-rocks-may-be-remains-life

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