Didn't NASA find worms on Mars ?

[JoelN]

I think I am going crazy because i could have sworn i remember a press conference with NASA displaying rocks from Mars with worm fossils in them. and this was about 12-10 years ago. Any reference to this on the internet seems to have been wiped out...Am i crazy?

 

[Bandersnatch]

Your google-fu is weak:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2354533.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001

 

[russ_watters]

You sort of remember correctly. There was a provocative announcement, but it was never confirmed that what was seen actually was life (or if it was, if it was actually from Mars). It was probably just tube-shaped crystals or contamination from Earth.

 

[SteamKing]

I think I am going crazy because i could have sworn i remember a press conference with NASA displaying rocks from Mars with worm fossils in them. and this was about 12-10 years ago. Any reference to this on the internet seems to have been wiped out...Am i crazy?

Naw. That's what the Martian worms want you to believe.

 

[newjerseyrunner]

These things?

I think they determined that these objects were created as part of a chemical reaction as it heated up on entering the Earth's atmosphere. russ_waters isn't correct though, they did determine that the meteor was from Mars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001