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NASA found clues of life on Mars

NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?

Prize: NASA could offer a prize—say $3 billion to the first company and $1 billion to a second company—for delivering something like 1 kg of Mars rocks and soil back to Earth. NASA has used prizes very sparingly in the past, but this option could appeal to the Trump administration as it would require very little funding up front.

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NASA says rock sample from Mars has potential 'biosignature' of life

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Did NASA's Perseverance rover actually find evidence of life on Mars? We need to haul its samples home to find out, scientists say

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Nasa rover finds hints of past life on Mars which could point to alien existence

Nasa ’s Perseverance Rover has found some unusual rocks on the planet’s surface, hinting at potential past life there.

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NASA Mars rover findings provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life

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NASA Says This Martian Rock Holds Potential Signs of Life. Here’s What Must Happen Next

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NASA Say It's Closer Than Ever to 'Discovering Life on Mars': What to Know

Sean Duffy, acting NASA Administrator, calling this “the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars” in an agency news release.

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Hunt for life on Mars finds potential signs of biological activity

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Mars rover discovers rocks showing potential signs of microscopic life

Air Force test pilot picked to command year-long Mars simulation mission

An Air Force test pilot, a Space Force officer, and a Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot were named to the crew of a NASA Mars simulation mission.

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NASA just found the “clearest sign” yet of ancient life on Mars

The search for life on Mars reached its most promising breakthrough yet after NASA revealed new findings of possible ancient aliens.

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NASA Discovers ‘Clearest Sign’ Yet of Ancient Life on Mars in a Rock Studied by the Perseverance Rover

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine the sample more closely to know for sure

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NASA will again send a group of researchers to Houston to simulate a Mars mission

Four researchers will spend more than a year in a 3D-printed habitat, acting as though they're eating, sleeping and living on Mars. A previous simulation concluded in July 2024.

NASA found clues of life on Mars, but budget cuts threaten future missions

An exciting discovery on Mars is being overshadowed by turmoil at NASA, with budget cuts threatening to destroy a scientific legacy that has been built over decades. Yesterday, the agency shared a finding, published in Nature, of potential biosignatures identified by the Mars Perseverance rover in a 3.5 billion-year-old rock.

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NASA's AI Doctor May Be The Key To Surviving A Mars Mission

With no evacuations or quick communication possible on Mars, medical risks are magnified. NASA is looking at creating an AI doctor to assist astronauts.

With Trump eyeing space station demise, NASA pushes for commercial replacements

President Trump and his new interim head of NASA Sean Duffy are pushing for a renewed effort to shuffle off the responsibility of running the International Space Station in favor of becoming a customer of a commercial space station provider instead.