Exploration · first seen 1 Sep, updated 1 Sep
The organic carbon Perseverance found in Jezero Crater’s ancient river mudstones lies more than 3,500 kilometres from organic molecules detected by Curiosity in Gale Crater—evidence that the chemical ingredients associated with life may have been widespread across ancient Mars, rather than confined to a single lake system.
The discovery of organic molecules at two distant Martian lake beds hints that ancient Mars possessed the chemical building blocks for life across an entire planet, not just in isolated pockets. The post The organic carbon Perseverance foun…
Summary from SpaceDaily.