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Opening a martian can of worms?

Nature volume 382, pages 575–576 (1996)Cite this article

Mars might once have supported life. The evidence, announced at a NASA press conference last week, is not conclusive, and perhaps not even compelling. But it will probably hasten research that should settle the matter.

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