NASA Perseverance Radar Reveals 4.2-Billion-Year-Old Buried River Delta on Mars

Perseverance rover discovers Mars' ancient river

A NASA rover has discovered signs of an ancient river beneath Mars' surface, using ground-penetrating radar to reveal buried layers of sediment left behind by flowing water.But this was not a lazy river. This was likely a larger and faster-moving channel than many scientists had accounted for, perhaps comparable to medium-size rivers on Earth. Before NASA sent the Perseverance rover to Jezero Crater, geologists already believed the basin once he…

Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars

There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater.

The discovery of a buried delta on Mars could boost the search for life

There's more evidence that water once flowed on Mars with the discovery of an ancient river delta deep below the surface. NASA's Perseverance rover found it more than 35 meters beneath Jezero Crater using ground-penetrating radar. Perseverance was launched in 2020 to search for signs of ancient life on the red planet. Since landing in February 2021, it has been exploring Jezero Crater and collecting rock samples.

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NASA rover detects evidence of ancient river on Mars

Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected underground remains of an ancient river delta on Mars.