NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Strange Rocks on Mars
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Summary
Nasa’s Perseverance rover has found a rock on Mars that appears to be made up of hundreds of small, rounded stones with diameters of a few hundred millimetres.
The rock, which has been named St Paul’s Bay, is a “float” rock, and the team is investigating how it came to be found in the light-coloured rock formation where it was discovered.
Martian rovers have made various other intriguing discoveries, including stones nicknamed “blueberries”, pebble-filled “sheepbeds” and sedimentary rock formations with a “popcorn” texture.
Perseverance is tasked with seeking out signs of past microorganisms and is equipped with seven state-of-the-art instruments, including spectrometers and a camera with enhanced resolution.
Researching these strange rock formations may offer valuable insight into Mars’s geological history, as well as the presence of water and the evolution of its environment.
