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Minerals found on Mars suggests life could have survived on Red Planet
Dec 19 2008, Kamal Kishore

An orbiting spacecraft has found minerals on Mars that suggest the planet was once mild and wet enough to support life, according to scientists.

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detected a carbonate mineral in 3.6 billion-year-old rock outcrops in Nili.

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