Mars Perseverance Rover Team, Based On Preliminary Analysis Of The Rock Samples Recently Collected, May Have Identified Salt Minerals In The Rock Samples. And The Salt Minerals, Is Said, Could Have Trapped Ancient Martian Water Bubbles, Which Could Act As A Time Capsule, Offering Clues On The Ancient Habitability And Past Climate On Mars.
Perseverance’s first tastes of Martian rocks are giving scientists a scintillating peek into an ancient lakebed’s watery past.