Evidence of life on Mars

科學家發現火星生命體

NASA scientists have produced the most compelling evidence yet that life exists on Mars. It showed that microscopic worm-like structures found in a Martian meteorite that hit the Earth 13000 years ago are almost certainly fossilised bacteria, the Times reported. The so-called bio-morphs are embedded beneath the surface layers of the rock, suggesting that they were already present when the meteorite arrived.

據《泰晤士報》報道，美國宇航局的科學家日前在一塊1.3萬年前撞擊地球的火星隕石中發現了微型蟲狀生物，經判斷幾乎可以確定是細菌的化石，這是迄今為止證明火星上曾有生命存在的最有力證據。這種被稱為"生物變形體"的物質藏身于隕石的表面巖層以下，表明它們在隕石到達地球以前就已存在。

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