Hemaja Burud
NASA's rover may find clues in Australian rocks.
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Scientists may be able to determine whether there has ever been life on Mars thanks to rocks found in the Australian Outback that date back 3.5 billion years.
Only ancient microbes, according to scientists studying the Australian rocks, could have molded them into what they are today.
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They advise NASA's Perseverance rover to search for similarities when studying rocks on Mars that are similar in age.
The wheeled robot is looking for proof that early in the Red Planet's history, biology established itself.
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Researchers from the Natural History Museum in London and NASA have identified a variety of details in a group of domes in western Australia
A large crater named Jezero is being explored by Perseverance, and it is anticipated that locations will be found there next year
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However, the Australian Outback has preserved examples from billions of years ago.
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In fact, some of the Australian specimens discovered by geologists rank among the planet's earliest signs of life.
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They belong to the Dresser Formation in the Pilbara region of the Australian Outback and are the oldest fossils ever found.
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They date back 3.48 billion years. The undulating top surface of the stromatolites, which develops as photosynthetic microbes move toward the light, is one large-scale feature.
The Jezero Crater appears from satellite imagery to have held a sizable lake in its deep past, which is relevant to Mars and the Perseverance rover.
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