The hidden Canadian contribution to discovering life on Mars

Canadian astronaut, Marc Graneau, and the author, at the Stobie Teledrill Control Station. The console was operating three drills at the Stobie Mine, Sudbury, from 600km away in Montreal at the CIM Annual Conference.

by Dr. Gregory BaidenNASA’s announcement that its Perseverance rover has discovered a potential biosignature in a rock sample taken in the Jezero Crater on Mars represents the closest we have ever come to confirming ancient life beyond Earth. Taken from a rock named “Cheyava Falls” last year, the “Sapphire Canyon” sample contains minerals formed through reactions between organic matter and…

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