<div id="ooyalaplayer" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;"></div><div style="display:none;" id="kalturavideoplaceholder">kalturavideoplaceholder</div><div><div><script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script><div class="g-ytsubscribe" data-channelid="UC9uD-W5zQHQuAVT2GdcLCvg" data-layout="full" data-count="hidden"></div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p>Unlike the asteroid impact that catapulted the dinosaurs into extinction on Earth, a gigantic asteroid crater on Mars may have actually been responsible for spawning life on the planet.</p><p><em>Produced by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/author/jenner-deal" target="_blank">Jenner Deal</a>. Original Reporting by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/author/jessica-orwig" target="_blank">Jessica Orwig</a>.</em></p><p><strong>Follow BI Video:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/BI_Video" target="_blank">On Twitter</a></p>

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Scientists think this enormous crater could be the birthplace of alien life on Mars

kalturavideoplaceholderUnlike the asteroid impact that catapulted the dinosaurs into extinction on Earth, a gigantic asteroid crater on Mars may have actually been responsible for spawning life on the planet.Produced by Jenner Deal. Original Reporting by Jessica Orwig.Follow BI Video: On Twitter

kalturavideoplaceholderUnlike the asteroid impact that catapulted the dinosaurs into extinction on Earth, a gigantic asteroid crater on Mars may have actually been responsible for spawning life on the planet. Produced by Jenner Deal.

Scientists think this enormous crater could be the birthplace of alien life on Mars

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