NASA has some exciting new results from the Perseverance rover, and they will be presented during a press conference on Wednesday, September 10. The call for a press conference is exciting as it suggests that there is something really juicy to be showcased with a new paper published at the same time. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

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The work focuses on a sample collected by Perseverance in July 2024. It has been nicknamed Sapphire Canyon, and it comes from a set of rocky outcrops on the edges of Neretva Vallis. This is the river valley that used to pour water into Jezero Crater billions of years ago, and carved the gorgeous delta that can be seen from orbit – and it has been studied by Perseverance

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