Mars Technica

Searching for signs of life on Mars

Episode Summary

The dusty Mars of today looked a lot different in the deep past. NASA’s Perseverance rover is headed for a spot that scientists believe was a river delta. There, its instruments will search for signs that life could have once existed.

Episode Notes

Billions of years ago, Mars was warmer and wetter. Could a dried-up lakebed harbor secrets of past life?

Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustrations courtesy NASA/JPL and NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.

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