Why it's incredible: The lake is the only place on Earth that's similar to Jezero crater on Mars. Lake Salda is a body of water in Turkey that bears a strong resemblance to Mars' Jezero crater.

Perseverance’s challenging three-and-a-half month climb out of Jezero Crater has definitely been worth it, with NASA reportedly discovering a fascinating array of rocks worthy of detailed ...

The paper, "In-situ crystallographic mapping constrains sulfate precipitation and timing in Jezero crater, Mars" is published in Science Advances. "Sulfate minerals exist with different amounts of ...

The Perseverance rover, operating under NASA, sent a picture on March 11, 2025, of a rock in the lower Witch Hazel Hill area at the Jezero crater rim. Three hundred millimeter-sized grey spheres ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Perseverance acquired this image of the "St. Pauls Bay" target (the dark-toned float block in ...

The rover has been exploring a Martian location known as Jezero Crater since landing in February 2021. Along the way, it has used its drill to extract cores – cylindrical samples of rock ...

Perseverance discovered a bumpy rock on the rim of the Jezero Crater in March. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / LANL / CNES / IRAP "The rocks were shaped by a combination of wind and water over time ...

On March 11, while exploring near the Jezero Crater's edge, NASA's Perseverance rover encountered a peculiar rock located at Broom Point. The oddly textured rock is covered with hundreds of ...

Its purpose was to investigate an area named the Jezero Center, in hopes of finding previous microbial life. This approach increases efficiency and reduces the dependance on human intervention.

The surface of Mars is known for being an extremely cold, desiccated, and irradiated place. But as its many surface features attest, the red planet was once a warmer, wetter place with flowing ...