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The American rover Perseverance, which explored a section of the delta of a river that had dried up in ancient times, discovered an unusually high content of organic matter in Martian rocks. About the “real treasure” from the depths of the Red Planet informs National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA.
“The rocks we studied in the delta have the highest concentration of organic matter that we have ever found during a mission,” said Ken Farley, researcher at the Caltech Perseverance Project. These rocks, formed from magma deep inside Mars, were ejected to its surface as a result of an eruption, when volcanic activity was still manifesting on the planet.
If the scientists’ hypotheses are correct, the Jezero crater, which in ancient times was the bottom of the lake and the delta that flowed into it, contained a “potentially habitable environment” 3.5 billion years ago. Modern science believes that around this era, the first life arose on Earth.
The rover’s mission, which began on the Red Planet 18 months ago, includes searching for signs of ancient microbial life. Currently, the rover has managed to collect 12 rock samples, which will subsequently be sent to Earth.