Jezero crater
Coverage of Jezero crater in the Nexus archive.
- JPL-Managed Perseverance Rover Finds Evidence of Repeated Ancient Mars Impacts
NASA’s Perseverance rover, managed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory, found evidence that repeated asteroid strikes formed a 245-foot-thick rock sequence on Mars’ Jezero Crater over 3.9 billion years ago. The findings, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, were highlighted in a NASA news release.
- NASA rover takes a closer look at organic carbon on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover detected organic carbon in Martian mudstone, which could indicate past life. The carbon was found in two rocks named Cheyava Falls and Walhalla Glades, with findings suggesting Mars may have had widespread habitability billions of years ago.
- A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why
NASA’s Perseverance rover detected complex macromolecular carbon on the surface of a Martian rock in Jezero Crater’s Neretva Vallis. The discovery, made using the SHERLOC instrument, marks the shallowest detection of organic matter on Mars to date, though its origin remains unclear.
- Signs of ancient life might be hiding in Martian mudstones
Scientists discovered organic carbon in Martian mudstones from an ancient lakebed using data from the Perseverance rover. The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest Mars may have once supported life and indicate widespread habitability billions of years ago.