After examining meteorite ALH84001, which is believed to have originated from Mars, NASA declares in 1996 that life may have once existed there.
NASA states in 1996 that life might have once existed on Mars after examining meteorite ALH84001, which is thought to have come from that planet. The meteorite may contain traces of Martian life, according to a team of researchers led by NASA scientists and including lead author David S. McKay, who made the announcement on August 6, 1996. Few days later, Science published an article based on this. It was possible to see structures that some researchers believed to be the remains of bacterial-like lifeforms under a scanning electron microscope.
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