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P00ptart@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Mars Organics Can’t Be Fully Explained by Geological Processes Alone, NASA Study Says | Sci.News

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P00ptart@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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Known non-biological sources, from meteorites to surface chemistry, fall short of accounting for organic compounds detected by NASA’s Curiosity rover, according to a new study published in the journal Astrobiology.
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    There are MANY steps to prove something this big. You have to gather as much evidence as you can before saying it outright, and that may take decades.

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      Since https://www.space.com/18758-mars-rover-curiosity-discovery-hype-misunderstanding.html 2012

      Not to mention formaldehyde in the atmosphere or the contaminated 1996 meteorites.

      NASA has done an amazing job cataloging all of this and the international study of the samples is a herculean effort and enormous accomplishment.

      But like, there’s been microbial life on mars in it’s history.

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        There is sufficient probability of planetary crosscontamination through material transport via impact ejecta, at least in the inner solar system.

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