“NASA” in a shocking statement: Evidence of ancient life on Mars has been erased
A team of scientists from the US space agency announced that evidence of ancient life on the surface of Mars has been erased, after the US spacecraft Curiosity discovered that parts of the red planet's rocky record had been removed.
Mars contains more ancient rocks and minerals than Earth and in order to try to gather more information about the history of the planet, the Curiosity rover was sent.
Using an instrument to determine chemistry and mineral x-ray deflection, the scientists compared samples taken from two regions about 400 meters apart.
Surprisingly, they discovered that half of the minerals they expected to find in one region are missing and have been replaced by stones rich in iron oxides, which give Mars its red colour.
And the "Monte Carlo" website quoted Tom Bristow, the principal researcher at NASA, "We believed that once these layers of clay minerals formed at the bottom of" Gale Crater", they would remain in this way and maintain the position in which they were formed billions of years ago. Later saline smashed these clay minerals or the so-called clay minerals.
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