Sep, 11 2025
NASA’s Perseverance rover has found its strongest hint of ancient life on Mars: organic-rich mudstones with unusual textures and iron-bearing minerals that may point to past microbes. The findings, published in Nature and announced Sept. 10, 2025, come from a sample dubbed “Sapphire Canyon” in Jezero Crater. Scientists are excited but cautious—Earth labs will be needed to confirm any biological origin.