NASA’s famous Mars rover Perseverance , which landed on the red planet back in 2021, has been quiet for a long time—but now the indestructible robot is making new headlines. According to NASA , the rover may have found a potential biosignature, which could be evidence of life.

Perseverance made the decisive discovery back in July 2024, when the Mars rover drove through a dried-up 400-meter-wide riverbed called Neretva Vallis in the Jezero Crater (which is 28 miles across). Water flowing into the Jezero Crater formed this riverbed billions of years ago.

Perseverance finds potential proof of life

The robot discovered a reddish rock that astronomers have christened “Cheyava Falls,” which measures 1 meter by 0.6 meters and contains tiny structures. Perseverance took a sample of the rock,

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