What is it about?
The Mars Exporation Rover Opportunity showed microstructures at Meridiani Planum on Mars organized in intertwined filaments of microspherules in a texture of biological origin.
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Why is it important?
Laminated sedimentary rocks on Mars show textures that we have also found on samples of terrestrial stromatolites and other microbialites.
Perspectives
Our work shows the presumptive evidence of microbialites in the Martian outcroppings and, therefore, the presence of unicellular life on the ancient Mars.
Dr Nicola Cantasano
National Research Council
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This page is a summary of: Opportunity Rover's image analysis: Microbialites on Mars?, December 2014, The Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences,
DOI: 10.5139/ijass.2014.15.4.419.
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