Some scientists have claimed that multiple pieces of evidence showing that life currently exists or once existed on Mars have already been discovered.


The British daily The Telegraph reported on the 4th (local time) that scientists mainly based their claims on photos taken by NASA's Mars rovers.

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A "Mars rover" is an exploration vehicle that moves on the surface of Mars and sends observational data such as photos. NASA has sent a total of five rovers, starting with "Sojourner" from July to September 1997, and among the five, two?"Curiosity" and "Perseverance"?are currently operational.


Some scientists believe that objects captured in the photos include fossilized sponges, corals, worm eggs, algae, fungi, moss, shrimp, crabs, sea spiders, scorpions, the cyan-green light of living cyanobacteria, and even translucent millipedes.


Researchers who claim that evidence of life on Mars has already been found published four peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals last month.



Dr. Rudolf Schild of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, representing the researchers who published these papers, explained to The Telegraph, "There are photos showing fungi growing from the ground, increasing in size and number," adding that these photos were taken sequentially.


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