Sentences with phrase «for signs of ancient life»
It will be attached to the belly pan of the Mars 2020 rover, a wheeled robot that aims to determine the habitability of the Martian environment, search for signs of ancient life, and assess natural resources and hazards for future human explorers.
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«Some parts of Boulby mine are similar to environments we see on Mars, and so we'd like to use Boulby to work out where the best places are to look for signs of ancient life on Mars,» says Charles Cockell, an astrobiologist from Edinburgh University, who heads up the Mars Analogues for Space Exploration project.
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Knowing that impact glass can preserve ancient signs of life — and now knowing that such deposits exist on the Martian surface today — opens a potential new strategy in the search for ancient Martian life, the researchers say.
Ancient impact craters on Mars were probably also home to hydrothermal activity, making them good places to search for signs of life, the team reports online February 19 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Paradoxically, the find actually boosts prospects for finding signs of ancient life in Martian rocks.
Clay deposits and landforms suggest this ancient region once hosted lakes, rivers, and a delta, making it just the sort of place to dig for signs of possible martian life.
The Mars 2020 mission's other themes include assessing its landing site's geology, and searching for signs of ancient Martian life.
In 2020, both the NASA Mars 2020 rover and the ExoMars rover will set out for the Red Planet in search of signs of ancient life.