NASA's Perseverance , Rover Finds Ingredients for , Life on Mars.<br />Vice reports that the NASA Perseverance rover's search <br />for signs of life on Mars may have uncovered details about <br />habitable conditions that once existed on the Red Planet.<br />Currently, Mars is a frigid and barren world, but a growing <br />body of evidence suggests that the planet was warmer, <br />wetter and even habitable billions of years ago.<br />The Perseverance rover is searching <br />for traces of ancient life in samples <br />collected from the Jezero Crater.<br />On November 23, the teams behind the rover's <br />specialized instruments published three <br />studies summarizing their findings.<br />The team estimates that <br />Mars hosted water about <br />3.8 billion years ago. .<br />In that kind of environment, we're seeing <br />very, very strange chemistry which is not <br />common on Earth at all, but seems to be <br />more common on Mars because we've <br />seen these kinds of materials in <br />almost all the missions now. , Eva Scheller, Planetary scientist at the Massachusetts <br />Institute of Technology, via 'Vice'.<br />Perseverance also found organic molecules, <br />key ingredients for life, which confirms that <br />the Jezero Crater once enjoyed habitable conditions.<br />An analysis of rocks in the Séítah <br />formation revealed watery <br />alterations to minerals and crystals.<br />It's been a really amazing journey. <br />I've really been able to see the mission unfold <br />scientifically from the very beginning, so it's <br />actually a little bit surreal that we finally <br />figured out a place to land and we actually <br />got information from where we landed, Eva Scheller, Planetary scientist at the Massachusetts <br />Institute of Technology, via 'Vice'.<br /> It has been a huge undertaking by <br />hundreds and hundreds of people, Eva Scheller, Planetary scientist at the Massachusetts <br />Institute of Technology, via 'Vice'
