Did we find life on Mars and then wipe it out?

Life on Mars: Part of the robotic arm machine at left, with reddish rocks and sand dunes in the background.

View larger. | NASA’s Viking 1 lander took this photo of the surrounding rocks and sand dunes on May 26, 1977. The lander’s sampling arm is in the foreground, and the scoop marks in the sand are where it took samples for analysis. Both Viking 1 and 2 searched for evidence of microscopic life on … Read more