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Ancient Lake on Mars
- 31 Jan 2024
- 1 min read
NASA's Perseverance rover has substantiated the existence of ancient lake sediments in Mars' Jezero Crater through ground-penetrating radar observations.
- The findings support the theory that Mars underwent a transition from being cold and arid to becoming warm, wet, and possibly suitable for habitation.
- Perseverance is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission.
- It was manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched on 30th July 2020.
Read more: NASA's Perseverance Rover
