On the barren, cold expanses of Mars, a discovery has rocked the scientific world. The recent Mars rover unmanned mission has uncovered mud formations that tell tales of wet and dry spells spanning millions of years. Could this revelation enhance the argument for life having existed on Mars? According to the research paper titled ‘Sustained wet-dry cycling on early Mars’ published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Nature, the answer looks promising. The Hexagonal Clues At the core of this breakthrough is the discovery of distinctive hexagonal patterns. These shapes, as scientists unders…