A NASA Rover exploring Mars found evidence that life could have survived on the planet.
A NASA Rover exploring Mars found evidence that life could have survived on the planet. The Perseverance Rover discovered organic material in a rock found in a dried-up river delta on the planet, the U.S. space agency announced Thursday. Mars 3.5 billion years ago had liquid water in what is now the arid Jezero Crater, including a river that formed a sediment-rich river delta where it flowed into a lake. NASA Rover, That mud and sand has become the Wildcat Ridge, a rock that is a yard wide. The river flowed into a saltwater lake, generating the kind of conditions that supported the birth of life on Earth. “In the distant past, the sand, mud and salts that now make up the Wildcat Ridge sample were deposited under conditions where life could potentially have thrived. The fact the organic matter was found in such a sedimentary rock known for preserving fossils of ancient life here on Earth is important,” Perseverance project scientist Ken Farley said.
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