NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie, made up of 62 images, on July 23. A rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls,” which has features that may bear on the question of whether the Red Planet was home to microscopic life, is to the left of the rover near the center of the image. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS).
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the closest it has ever been to discovering signs of ancient life on Mars, according to Nicky Fox, associate administrator of the space agency’s Science Mission Directorate.
NASA announced on Sept. 10 that after a year of peer-reviewed research, a rock sample found on Mars could contain evidence that microbial life once existed on the planet.
