The rover’s science instruments found that the formation’s sedimentary rocks are composed of clay and silt, which, on Earth, are excellent preservers of past microbial life.

The findings were made possible by NASA's Perseverance rover, one of NASA's two car-sized robots exploring the Martian surface for signs that the planet was once habitable.

Duffy said NASA is examining various ways for potential sample retrieval, including sending humans to retrieve the samples in the 2030s when the first spacefarers could reach the planet.

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last ?

Well, after , the intrepid rover has finally given scientists the glimmer of hope for which they'd long been searching.

A sample Perseverance collected in 2024 from an ancient dry riverbed in the Jezero Crater could

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