Nasa’s ‘Mars 2020’ mission will hunt for signs of past life
Nasa’s ‘Mars 2020’ mission will hunt for signs of past life
The next mission that Nasa sends to Mars will use methods originally developed to find the the oldest life on Earth to hunt down measurements that could indicate signs of ancient life once existing on the planet. The techniques, known as ‘spatially resolved biosignature analysis’, involve procedures like X-ray fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy. They’re capable of mapping the elements, minerals…