Perseverance rover successfully scoops third layered rock sample from Mars

Perseverance rover has scooped up a piece of Martian rock from its current exploration site nearly a week after it found unique layered rocks in Séítah region of Jezero crater. sample extracted by NASA’s robotic explorer is loed with olivine, a greenish mineral whose origins will w be determined by scientists. In a Twitter update given by rover, it shared three pictures and wrote, “Ar little piece of Mars to carry with me. My latest sample is from a rock loed with greenish mineral olivine, and re are several ideas among my science team about how it got re. Hyposes are flying! Science rules.” This has marked Perseverance's third successful attempt at extracting rock samples that will soon he to Earth in coming years. Check out ims below.

Perseverance hunts ancient water clues on Mars

rover is currently examining  Séítah region, as scientists speculate that presence of unusual rocks might give a clue regarding Mars' past and history of water's presence on it. According to a previous revelation me by scientists, rocks being abred by Perseverance exist in layers, which is only formed in water. se rocks samples being collected will soon be transported to Earth when NASA will send a craft to retrieve m from red planet.NASA h said that  rock samples will help scientists piece toger timeline of Mars' past and give an insight into planet's volcanic activity and periods of persistent water.

 Erin Gibbons, of McGill University in Cana, said in his blog post as per .com, "Each layer records information about environmental conditions present when rock formed, and changes in layer thicknesses or textural expressions indicates an environmental change". He ded that "by studying directions that layers tilted, we determined that rocks of Séítah are likely most ancient rocks exposed in all of Jezero Crater".  rover landed in Jezero crater in February this year under NASA's Mars Exploration Program and has been looking for signs of life since very beginning. Earlier in October, scientists confirmed, based on rover's findings, that 45 kilometres wide Jezero crater once housed giant lake billions of years ago. 

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