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Mushrooms on Mars? Five unproven claims that alien life exists – The Conversation UK
No conclusive evidence that extraterrestrial life exists has been found…yet.
A recent study claims to have found evidence for mushroom-like life forms on the surface of Mars. As it happens, these particular features are well known and were discovered by cameras aboard Nasas Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shortly after it landed in 2004.
They are not, in fact, living organisms at all, but haematite concretions small sphere-shaped pieces of the mineral haematite, and their exact origin is still debated by scientists. Haematite is a compound of iron and oxygen and is…
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