The researchers claim to have identified rocks that may contain fossilized remains of life in the first period of Mars. Their work reveals that this area on Mars corresponds to the area in Australia where the earliest evidence of life on Earth was discovered buried and preserved in mineral form
A study led by Adrian J. Brown of the ST Institute and his colleagues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Johns Hopkins Institute of Applied Physics, and from the Desert Research Institute of the University of Campinas in Brazil analyzed images from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer and compared them with high-resolution images of HiRISE instrument, both inside the MRO spacecraft, to analyze the composition of the rocks.
The researchers claim to have identified rocks that may contain fossilized remains of life in the first period of Mars. Their work reveals that this area on Mars corresponds to the area in Australia where the earliest evidence of life on Earth was discovered buried and preserved in mineral form.
The researchers claim that the carbonaceous rocks must have been formed under conditions of hot water flow. The hydrothermal activity provided the energy needed for biological activity - that is, for life on early Mars in the Nili area. Moreover, in the article we compare it to the remains of the ancient volcanic deposits in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia, as equivalent to indigo fossils. They indicate that the biological markers or the evidence of the existence of living creatures if they were indeed created in Nili, might have been preserved as in Australia.
Tilman Spon, editor of the journal Earth and Planetary Sciences He emphasized that these are significant findings in the Nili area on Mars that show similarities between the traces of the first life on Earth and early Mars, and recommends landing in the area if and when an exobiological mission is carried out on Mars.
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The caption under the picture is completely false. Not even close to what is claimed in the article and not even in the body of your article.
The article only claims that *if* there was life on Mars then it *might* be possible to find evidence of it in the rocks found there, as ancient life was found in rocks of a similar type in Australia.
How do you get to "rocks.. which *probably* contain evidence of life in the early period of Mars"?
And also the sentence "The findings may indicate the existence of living beings on Mars, probably at the bacterial level" is not related to the source. The only claim is that the formation of rocks of this type indicates enough *energy* for the formation of life, but certainly does not indicate the very development of life - neither at a bacterial level nor at a more basic level.
Thanks - very interesting.
By the way - one should not rush to conclusions because it has not yet been proven that there was life there.
The truth is that there was probably a lot more atmosphere there in the past but the solar wind blew much of it away because Mars has no magnetic field.
An interesting statistic that indicates that life on KA began near the beginning of life on Mars, only on KA they survived because of the atmosphere and on Mars they did not succeed because no atmosphere developed there.
Daniel:
Life has existed on Earth since about 4 billion years ago (estimates range from 3.7 to 4.2 billion years).
Regarding the creation of an atmosphere on Mars - it is impossible to start thinking about it because it has already started a long time ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars
A sensational discovery... 4 billion years. Can anyone tell me how long organic life has existed on KDA? Rather, it would be more interesting if someone would "discover" how to sow organic life there and create a tolerable atmosphere for the future of humanity... shouldn't we start thinking about such things? Or in short - another rant with an astronomical cost... Have a good week!
You're right, scion.
I corrected.
Thanks.
When will the research answers be?
One who understands
You do not understand,
Protein-based life exists on Earth.
Life that exists outside of Earth (provided that it does exist) does not have to be protein-based.
There could be many possibilities, other than proteins, for there to be 'life' in the universe. On the other hand, they are protein-based,
But outside of the KA the aliens can also be a ball full of energy at different levels...
This is of course my personal opinion, don't confuse it with facts.
The claims regarding inventions of life on Mars are based on the material known to man regarding life on KA.
In my opinion, there is no chance that protein-based life will be created. The reason is that for a protein translation system, several proteins are needed. Which means that in order for there to be proteins that will undergo evolution, there is first a need for the existence of proteins. That is, the entire protein-synthesizing system had to be created at once. There is no chance in my opinion. Someone is able solve it?
Hi Leo,
We are here addressing you from the alien headquarters on Earth.
We ask at this stage to keep our presence confidential
Until further notice !!!
This is a private alert for your eyes only.
Next time we will have to use other and less pleasant tools...
you have been warned…
Little by little we are told that there is life outside the sphere.
Suddenly it became "apparent" just based on pictures of rocks. It sounds like they know more..
the origin of dead ringer
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/dead%20ringer.html
My father seems to me that something was lost in translation.
Dead Ringer is an exact copy. I don't think it's the name of an area. And Google and Wikipedia don't see it either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Ringer
If I'm wrong and it is indeed the name of the area, then sorry but check again...