ESA's ExoMars rover, named Rosalind Franklin after the British DNA pioneer, will drill two metres down below the surface to collect samples of Martian soil, known as regolith. Meanwhile, NASA's Mars 2020 rover will also drill into rock formations on the surface of the Red Planet and collect samples. In an interview with the The Sunday Telegraph , Dr Green said the missions could finally answer the question of whether we are alone in the universe. Dr Green explained that: "When environments get extreme, life moves into the rocks." "The bottom line is where there is water there is life," said Dr Green.

Source: Daily Mirror October 01, 2019 13:32 UTC