The search for life on Mars is moving quickly, and scientists are constantly looking for chances to strike gold on its surface. NASA recently announced that its Preservation rover had collected organically rich material from the surface of a crater, which could lead to some exciting discoveries.

A team of scientists will be able to conduct the analysis only after the findings are brought to Earth by the end of this decade or early next decade.

How many Samples are collected by the Preservation rover from Mars River?

Since July 7th, the rover has collected four samples from an ancient river delta in the red planet crater; a total of 12 samples, including these four, are being compiled.

Based on the findings of this SUV-sized rover, there are no signs of life on Mars so far, and these molecules are not a conclusive indicator of life.

After more than a year on Mars, the rover arrived at a place that we say “Wildcat Ridge,” a fan-shaped rocky outcrop where a river once flowed billions of years ago. Perseverance obtained rock cores roughly look’s size of a piece of classroom chalk. Perseverance discovered the highest concentration of organics in the samples yet.

Read in Short: 4 samples were found from a Mars river

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In this discovery, Jezero Crater, which is 28 miles (45 kilometers) wide, is home to a delta, an ancient fan-shaped feature formed about 3.5 billion years ago at the confluence of a Martian river and a lake. Perseverance is currently researching the sedimentary rocks of the delta, which formed when particles of various sizes settled in the once-watery environment. The rover explored the crater’s floor during its first science campaign, discovering inventive rock that forms deep underground from magma or during volcanic activity at the surface.

“We chose the Jezero Crater for Perseverance to explore because we thought it had the best chance of providing scientifically excellent samples – and now we know we sent the rover to the right location,” “The first two science campaigns yielded an amazing diversity of samples for the Mars Sample Return Campaign to bring back to Earth.”

said NASA’s associate administrator for science in Washington, Thomas Zurbuchen

What is Organic Matter?

Organic molecules are a diverse group of compounds composed primarily of carbon and typically containing hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Other elements, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur, may also be present. While there are non-required chemical processes for producing these molecules.

Some of these compounds are the chemical foundations of life. The presence of these specific molecules is regarded as a potential bio-signature – a substance or structure that may be evidence of past life but could also have been produced in the absence of life.

Astrobiology is a key goal for Perseverance’s mission on Mars, including the collection of samples that may contain evidence of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, paving the way for future human exploration of Mars, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

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