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Perseverance rover finds light-colored rocks in Jezero crater, offering new clues about Mars' wet past

These features were identified by NASA’s Perseverance rover and were determined to be kaolinite, a white, aluminum-rich clay.
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Strange White Rocks on Mars Suggest Mars Once Had Tropical Rainstorms Like Earth For Millions of Years

Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might ...

NASA’s Perseverance Has Seen a Lot of Rocks—But Not One Like This

In a first for the Perseverance rover, it appears to have found an iron-nickel meteorite near the Jezero Crater.

Lightning detected on Mars for the first time by NASA’s Perseverance Rover; here’s what it is

The rover has explored Jezero Crater since 2021. Its SuperCam instrument recorded audio and electromagnetic signals. These ...
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See Perseverance Rover's View From Jezero Crater's Rim In Amazing 4K Panorama

The Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z camera to captured this view on the rim of Jezero Crater. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Perseverance rover spots mysterious 'visitor from outer space' rock on Mars surface after 4 years

NASA's Perseverance rover discovers shiny metallic rock on Mars that could be a meteorite from an ancient asteroid, ...
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Perseverance Finds Tropical-Style Clays on Mars

What was Mars like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes ...

Evidence of rain-driven climate on Mars found in bleached rocks scattered in Jezero crater

Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of the small planet may have once supported wet oases with humid climates and ...

When Mars was not a desert: White kaolinite fragments trace a humid planetary past

New kaolinite-rich rocks uncovered by NASA’s Perseverance rover suggest Mars once hosted warm, rainy environments that may ...

NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers Possible Meteorite on Mars for First Time in 5 Years

Meteorite hunting is a side quest for Perseverance, whose primary job is to search for signs of ancient life in Jezero and ...
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After 5 years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover may have found its 1st meteorite (photos)

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.' ...