A few weeks ago, the rover Perseverance found potential signs of life on Mars. Again.

I’m getting tired of scientists getting so worked up about potential life on Mars. First, it was potential signs of water on Mars. Next, it was potential gases in the atmosphere.

This time, did they find a potential E. T., or at least a single potential Reese’s Piece?

No. Of course they didn’t. Perseverance discovered two special rocks, vivianite and greigite. Apparently, those minerals could be byproducts of the metabolic processes of microorganisms.

In other words, space germs might poop rocks. These rocks, specifically. Or, you know, not.

While NASA scientists might be screaming “Wow!” all I can come up with is a lackluster “That’s it?”

If microorganism excrement is what we pay NASA billions of d

See Full Page