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Mars was not always the cold, dry world we see today. Billions of years ago, scientists believe it may have been warm, wet, and wrapped in a much thicker atmosphere, creating conditions that could have supported simple microbial life. Even so, proving that life ever existed there remains one of the biggest challenges in planetary science.
NASA's rovers have already detected organic molecules in Martian rocks, but those compounds alone cannot confirm that life ...
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