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DARK SECRETS: Nasa mars rover captures rock that could hold fossilized microbes - The Real Truth

Perseverance drilled into this enigmatic rock to collect a core sample on July 21, as it traversed Neretva Vallis, an ancient river valley (Credit: AFP)

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has made what could be its most astonishing discovery to date: possible signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.

The six-wheeled robotic explorer came across an intriguing, arrow-shaped rock dubbed "Cheyava Falls" that may harbor fossilized microbes from billions of years ago, when Mars was a watery world.

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