Curiosity's Whisper
The desolate, red landscape of Mars has always whispered tales of a bygone era, an era where water flowed freely and the possibility of life, however faint, danced on the wind. For years, NASA's Curiosity rover has tirelessly explored Gale Crater, a testament to Mars's watery past, seeking evidence to confirm or deny these tantalizing hints. Now, after a decade of exploration, Curiosity has unearthed a discovery so profound, so game-changing, that it rewrites our understanding of the Red Planet: evidence of fossilized microorganisms.