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Loading contentChemical fingerprints of life in rock or ice — the isotopic ratios life prefers, the handedness (chirality) of its molecules, and specific organic byproducts — the kind of evidence the Perseverance rover seeks and caches on Mars.
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Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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