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Back to EpisodesAncient Martian microbes left behind a chemical "fingerprint" (with Dr. Katie Stack Morgan)
Published 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Last fall, NASA announced that it found something incredible in a rock on Mars. A core sample obtained by the Mars Perseverance rover discovered a potential biosignature. In other words, a potential sign of ancient life on Mars. Dean Regas chats with Kathryn Stack Morgan, Perseverance project scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about this chemical "fingerprint."