jezero crater, mars, new discoveries, organic compounds, perseverance rover

Possible Organic Compounds Found in Mars Crater Rocks

A study published in Science analyzes multiple rocks found at the bottom of Jezero Crater on Mars, where the Perseverance rover landed in 2020, revealing significant interaction between the rocks and liquid water. Those rocks also contain evidence consistent with the presence of organic compounds. The existence of organic compounds (chemical compounds with carbon-hydrogen bonds) is not ...

Troy Oakes

Jezero crater.