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NASA May Have Inadvertently Killed Life on Mars, Scientist Says
In all our explorations of Mars to date, no evidence has been found that meets the rigorous standards to claim that we have conclusively found life. But, decades ago in the 1970s, when the Viking landers became the first US mission to safely land on and ...
Nasa's Viking landers accidentally killed life on Mars, says astrobiologist
Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes Nasa's Viking missions have inadvertently 'eliminated' Martian life. He also mentioned that Martian life may have adapted to the planet's dry environment
Did we kill Mars? New theory suggests Viking missions may have accidentally destroyed potential life on Mars
NASAs Viking missions sought life on Mars in the 1970s, but new insights suggest their methods might have unintentionally destroyed potential Martian microbes.
Did NASA's Viking ‘kill life’ on Mars? Expert says, ‘It was so much like Earth…’
Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes NASA's Viking 1 may have harmed potential Martian life through its water-based detection methods.
NASA's Viking 1 lander may have killed life on Mars, claims scientist
Makuch of the Technische Universitat Berlin suggests that humans might have inadvertently wiped out Martian life nearly 50 years ago.His claim dates back to the 1976 NASA Viking 1 mission, which saw two spacecraft land on Mars and conduct groundbreaking experiments to search for signs of life.
Moon Meets Mars With ‘Shooting Stars’: The Night Sky This Week
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China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean
Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern ...
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Mars meteorite found in drawer reveals history of water on Red Planet
"We think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was ...
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NASA could have already killed life on Mars during its experiment
TL;DR: NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, which landed on Mars in 1975, aimed to test for life using water-based methods.
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An Elon Musk-inspired pivot to Mars would be a mistake
That effect may be concerning as it involves Musk’s Mars ambitions. Hitherto, Artemis has been envisioned to send ...
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Did NASA's Viking landers accidentally kill life on Mars? Why one scientist thinks so
Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a scientist who thinks NASA's Viking landers could have inadvertently destroyed the life they were ...
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Meteorite found in a drawer at university contains 700-million-year-old evidence of water on Mars
The Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no clear indication of how it got there ...
Unleashing The ATN Mars 5 Thermal Scope Series: A Hunter's Best Friend In The Field
By integrating advanced AI algorithms, SharpIR optimizes thermal imagery for a crisp, vivid view, even in challenging ...
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With a Smile’ Hits No. 1 on Pop Airplay Chart
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars ’ “Die With a Smile” bounds four spots to No. 1 on Billboard ’s Pop Airplay chart (dated Nov. 23).
Mars may have been habitable more recently than thought
Mars may have hosted life billions of years ago, a possibility that has long intrigued scientists. Now, new evidence suggests ...