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Perseverance Finds Complex Organic Compounds in Strange Mars Rocks


We may be one step closer to answering the most tantalizing cosmic question: Are we alone? Our loyal robotic explorers have been scouring Mars for evidence of life since the 1970s, when the Viking landers may have found and even destroyed it, according to one hypothesis.

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