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Mars in 1916 to look tor si9ns ot lite. When
they tested the Martian soil, the results seemed to
show signs of microscopic living organisms.
However, scientists decided that the chemical
activity found was not evidence of Martian life. In
2013, the Curiosity rover found evidence in Gale
Crater of an environment that could have
supported microscopic life billions of years ago.

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I Mars in 191/i, its cal!!eras
looked out on a rock-
strewn ,,art en the i,lanet
t ;! called Utoi,ian Plain.

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