Long ago, a lake on Mars might have been teeming with microbes

The curiosity Mars Rover has discovered intriguing chemical evidence, in the form of abnormal amounts of manganese oxide, suggesting this Mars Billions of years ago had not only a habitable environment, but also an environment that may have been inhabited by microbes.

NASA’s curiosity is exploring the gigantic Gale Crater with a diameter of 154 kilometers (about 96 miles).where the rover landed in 2012. Curiosity’s discoveries have already shown that the crater was at least partially submerged long ago, though the evidence for this has been disputed. However, the rover’s latest findings not only strengthen the argument for an ancient lake, but also suggest that conditions in the lake were conducive to life.

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