NASA Says Discovery Could be Evidence of Ancient Life on Mars

Officials said it was the ‘closest’ they had come to discovering ancient life on Mars.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie, made up of 62 images, on July 23. A rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls,” which has features that may bear on the question of whether the Red Planet was home to microscopic life, is to the left of the rover near the center of the image. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS).

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the closest it has ever been to discovering signs of ancient life on Mars, according to Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate.

The space agency announced on Sept. 10 that after a year of peer-reviewed research, a rock sample found on Mars could contain evidence that microbial life once existed on the planet.