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NASA’s Perseverance rover finds diverse organic matter on Mars

Santhosh Kumar 14/07/2023

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NASA’s Perseverance rover finds diverse organic matter on Mars upsc notes
Discovery by NASA’s Perseverance rover
Organic compounds
In a Martian crater
Insights into potential habitability of Mars
Key Findings
Complex organic geochemical cycle on Mars
Multiple reservoirs of potential organic molecules
Mars has experienced aqueous processes
Water may have played a significant role
In the existence of organic matter
Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC)
Used to detect the organic compounds
Rover’s landing site in Jezero Crater
Once a lake basin
High potential for past habitability
Contains minerals
Carbonates
Clays
Sulphates

Categories: Space

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