NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers Potential Ancient Life Evidence on Mars
On July 21, the Perseverance rover collected its 22nd rock core sample. The team is now analyzing the data to explore various explanations for the rock’s unique features. Could this be evidence of ancient Martian life?
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That opening image is gorgeous so epic it gave me chills finding evidence of life is so cool, are there crater lakes on earth? I’m so freaking glad more and more people aren’t buying that we are alone in the universe. I can’t wait to see our first alien biology , im so curious if life follows a particular pattern everywhere or if there is heaps of variation. There is almost certainly life underground but on mars. Count the rings of the trees count the craters of a planetary object
Nooo.., 2064. I'll be dead by then and I want these samples next week.
PS: Another great fall into the Event Horizon. Thanks JPG.
An other interesting episode.. Well done, you manage to captivate me everytime
Could ceres have had an ocean or lake in the early days when it was still warm?
If we find alien dinosaur fossils on mars one day that would be soooooo coool
I don't have knowledge and stuff to suggest such a thing, but was just trippin out like hey what if "dark oxygen" is not only what originally birthed life on earth, but is also ACTIVELY birthing life continuously such that we could go observe it?
Well this might be it! If they get those samples back to Earth I think there's a good chance they will find evidence of life arising on another planet..
Also, this might be my favourite episode of all time. What a well-spoken and interesting guest. Awesome stuff john.
Ahhh yes. The public knowledge level of cosmology. 😌
Where are the little green men? Seriously, where are they?
Wouldn't it have made much more sense to just install a microscope on the rover?
So it kinda seems like we are martians v2 and we are blowing it once again over here on the other habitable planet in the solar system. Noice.
If an alien spacecraft landed and aliens exited, scientists would still say that is not definitive proof that alien life exists and more study is needed. Alien microbial life was found in Mars in the 1970’s by the Viking 1 and 2 landers.
I was JUST watching Cameron's Challenger Deep for the 2nd time (so inspirational) right around the time you uploaded this! Thanks, John!
astrobiology is like astrology
show me proof or gtfo
Congratulations to Nasa and Perseverance teams, this is exceptional science that occurs barely once a decade/century – you folks rock!
I understand why NASA is conservative with their Mars "habitability" experiments, given how they were burned on Viking…but I fear they've lost the enthusiasm/funding battle, and sample-return will likely not happen in our lifetimes. Nobody who isn't a space nerd, like us, cares that they've found water or organics again. It's too subtle for the average person and feels weak.
The only real hope is a privately funded mission.
Great episode!
New data and science like this episode are my favorite kinds of science shows compared to produced documentaries.
I do love black hole documentaries, but you can only hear the phrase
"With gravity that is so strong nothing escapes it, not even light"
so many times without it getting a bit repetitive 🙂
Speak to the hand.
I know a lot of us sleep to his wonderful voice and his guest's. Who else besides me goes back and re lessons the video's in the daytime?!?!?!?!
Have we found caves or similar structures on Mars ?
Viking 1976. Gil Levin discovered LOM with LGR experiment.
Very interesting interview. Thx 👍
A bit off-topic, I'm always surprised when a science fiction author and futurist does not want to be part of that future. I'm both of these things, too, and I will see the future… or die trying 🙂 Anyway, as usually, exciting conversation! Thank you for the many hours of great content that I've listened to over the years.
This sounds like more wishful thinking. Why don't you do something constructive, on earth?✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍👍❤
It would be smarter to return samples to the ISS or moon rather than risk our biosphere. It sounds crazy but we can't rule out the possibility of abiogenesis occurring on Venus, migrating to mars and then earth as and when the atmospheres allowed. We have containment concerns in near earth, returning samples from foreign celestial bodies is kinda insane.
40:46 Yes, thank you for coming on Event Horizon and talking to John Michael Godier Mr Hand, very interesting information you are appreciated.
Kevin, it’s your old friend Sam, looking forward to this!
If only we could all exist without evil around & and pain of any sort.
Hint or Evidence ? HATE CLICKBAITERS SO MUCH
I love the thought of aliens spying on Mars and watching the rovers. These things are so damaged and falling apart, and they're so slow, and they keep overcoming impossible problems with crazy creative jiggling and misusing systems and just making do. Like, "These little iron and silicon organisms are fragile, always on the verge of permanent failure, yet obsessed with observation and sample gathering, relentless, and incomprehensively intelligent and creative. 😮"
There is absolutely no evidence for life on Mars. Quit lying. If they found any hint of life on Mars, it would be front page breaking news.
I'll be the happiest person on this planet if they find proof of life on another planet or body. Because once and for all, at least to the rational, it will prove that Earth is not special and humans are not special. To believe they are is the pinnacle of arrogance and closed mindedness. I just hope it happens in my lifetime.
What if mars did once support life?It doesn't now and never will,why all the interest ???l😂😂😂
Clearly, the Ingenuity, Perseverance, and Curiosity lies squarely with the incredible JPL team who actually built them. Then repairs them in the field from millions of miles. And, with Voyager 1, Billions of miles away.
It's sedimentary my dear…
It’s not evidence of life. We’ve been through this before, decades ago. It’s something that “could” be an indication of life. It could also be a result of inorganic chemical reactions, as every test so far, from older probes to Mars, has ended up being, despite initial excitement. I would love it if it did turn up to be a definitive piece of evidence of life. But getting too excited by this now, is premature.
Very interesting discovery!!
Now the race is on between Venus and Mars, which planet will we discover life on first? (not counting the numerous moons which have potential life on them)
There is no new evidence for life on the planet Mars.
The NASA bring this paper out, because they need money from the American government 😊
Great video and information !
Admiral Ackbar, " it's a trap! ANNA lures you in with her soft voice then they fill your brain with facts! Don't listen!" 😊
Podcast drop days are my fav ❤
Kevin explains thing’s very simply. Thank you Kevin and Michael.
This news rocks.
You see what I did there? 😅