A NASA mission collected the sample and brought it back in 2023, and scientists have found traces of ancient brine that contains minerals that are the raw ingredients of life.
That's good news for NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side later this ...
No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never gets old for Mariek Schmidt.
Scientists recently discovered that San Bernardino County's Searles Lake contains minerals found in outer space.