NASA scientists have announced they may have found signs of potential 'ancient life' on Mars.

During a press conference on Wednesday, scientists announced they had discovered signs of potential ancient microbial life in a rock sample found by NASA’s Perseverance rover.

Collected last summer, the sample is from reddish , clay-rich mudstones in Neretva Vallis, a river channel that once carried water into Jezero Crater.

This outcrop of sedimentary rock, known as the Bright Angel formation, was surveyed by Perseverance’s science instruments before the drill came out.

Along with organic carbon, a building block of life, Hurowitz and his team found minuscule specks, dubbed poppy seeds and leopard spots, that were enriched with iron phosphate and iron sulfide.

On Earth, these chemical comp

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