When the Mars 2020 rover lands on the Red Planet in February 2021, it will touch down in Jezero Crater, the site of a lake that existed 3.5 billion years ago. Now, two teams of researchers have identified areas of interest in Jezero Crater where the rover might find signs of ancient life.
When the Mars 2020 rover lands on the Red Planet in February 2021, it will touch down in Jezero Crater, the site of a lake that existed 3.5 billion years ago. Now, two research teams have identified areas in Jezero Crater where the rover might find signs of ancient life.
The crater is 28 miles wide and once contained a river delta, traces of which can still be seen from images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.In one study, researchers discovered the signature of carbonate minerals in the crater's inner rim. On Earth, carbonates are associated with seashell, coral and stromatolite fossils found scattered along what were once shorelines of ancient lakes and bodies of water.
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