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Astronomy

Detecting Microbial Biosignatures in Martian Regolith

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In 2018, NASA's Curiosity rover discovered complex organic molecules in ancient Martian mudstones, but this alone doesn't confirm life because they can also form non-biologically.

Why this is interesting

If you dug up soil from Mars, how would you know if any of it had ever been alive?