Did NASA's Perseverance rover actually find evidence of life on Mars? We need to haul its samples home to find out, scientists say
September 12, 2025
A potentially huge discovery by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will likely remain in scientific limbo for years to come.
On Wednesday (Sept. 10), the Perseverance team announced it found possible biosignatures in pieces of a Mars rock called “Cheyava Falls” that the rover first studied last year. Those intriguing chemical fingerprints include the iron-containing minerals…