Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars
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Published in Science · View the paper (DOI)
The Perseverance rover's images of the Martian river delta reveal a steady flow of water into an ancient lake about 3.7 billion years ago. The analysis also identifies promising rock layers that could preserve traces of life, if it ever existed on Mars.
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- Ancient river delta reveals past water flow in Mars’ Jezero crater American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Oct 7, 2021 · first to report
- First images from latest Mars rover show ancient river delta in Jezero crater Imperial College London · Oct 7, 2021
- Mars rover images help UF scientist, NASA team narrow the search for ancient life University of Florida · Oct 7, 2021