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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - A rock collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover may hold the strongest evidence of life beyond Earth ever found, officials said Wednesday.

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NASA officials held a briefing on Wednesday highlighting a sample collected by the Perseverance Rover on Mars in 2024. Officials say the rock sample the rover collected is the clearest example of life beyond earth they’ve been able to find in 30 years.

In photographs NASA released, the rock is speckled and looks somewhat like leopard print. It was discovered in an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater and taken from a rock named "Cheyava Falls." It contains potential biosignatures which are indicators of life, according to sentients, who published their findings in the journal Nature on Wednesday.

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