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How do they know this isn’t from earth, taken there on the rover? Would be weird if it is in any way similar to earth fungi - could be from earth or evidence o
by jonplackett 6y ago
How do they know this isn’t from earth, taken there on the rover?
Would be weird if it is in any way similar to earth fungi - could be from earth or evidence of Panspermia theory.
- freshair 6y agoTo be fair, supposing it were a recently introduced earth fungus, it would still be pretty incredible to learn that an earth fungus can evidently flourish on Mars.
- jonplackett 6y agoIt would be cool, but defo not as exciting as life on Mars for real. Actually I’d take panspermia as most exciting! Life in the rest of the universe too!
- yosito 6y agoThere was a caption on one of the photos: > perhaps fungi may have been transported to Mars already attached to the rover And another photo of a dark patch emerging from a seam on the rover. Seems to be to be pretty suggestive of Earth being the source. A crazy scenario would be if Mars becomes covered in mushroom-based life that evolves distinctly from life on Earth.