On Wednesday (Sept. 10), NASA officials will share details about a new finding connected to a unique sample the Perseverance rover found on Mars.

The teleconference will stream on the agency's website at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) and is expected to include some "visuals" during the discussion. You'll also be able to tune in right here on Space.com, as our homepage will carry the stream as well.

An official press release about the conference fosters some suspense, only offering a sparse explanation about the discovery. What it does say, however, is that Perseverance collected the rock at hand in July of 2024 from Jezero Crater — a location on Mars the rover has been exploring since February 2021 and which NASA believes could have once hosted life as we know it.

More specifically, the releas

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