Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

KA Farley, KM Stack, DL Shuster, BHN Horgan… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, Mars, to investigate ancient lake and river
deposits. We report observations of the crater floor, below the crater's sedimentary delta …

Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars

N Mangold, S Gupta, O Gasnault, G Dromart… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Observations from orbital spacecraft have shown that Jezero crater on Mars contains a
prominent fan-shaped body of sedimentary rock deposited at its western margin. The …

Detection of biosignatures in Terrestrial analogs of Martian regions: Strategical and technical assessments

JX Shen, Y Chen, Y Sun, L Liu, YX Pan… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - eppcgs.org
For decades, the search for potential signs of Martian life has attracted strong international
interest and has led to significant planning and scientific implementation. Clearly, in order to …

Sampling Mars: Geologic context and preliminary characterization of samples collected by the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission

CDK Herd, T Bosak, EM Hausrath… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
The NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission has collected samples of rock, regolith,
and atmosphere within the Noachian-aged Jezero Crater, once the site of a delta-lake …

The martian crustal magnetic field

A Mittelholz, CL Johnson - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mars' crustal magnetic field holds information on the planet's interior evolution and exterior
processes that have modified the crust. Crustal magnetization records an ancient dynamo …

The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return: International MSR Objectives and Samples Team (iMOST)

DW Beaty, MM Grady, HY McSween… - … & Planetary Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Return of samples from the surface of Mars has been a goal of the international Mars
science community for many years. Affirmation by NASA and ESA of the importance of Mars …

Timing of the martian dynamo: New constraints for a core field 4.5 and 3.7 Ga ago

A Mittelholz, CL Johnson, JM Feinberg, B Langlais… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The absence of crustal magnetic fields above the martian basins Hellas, Argyre, and Isidis is
often interpreted as proof of an early, before 4.1 billion years (Ga) ago, or late, after 3.9 Ga …

Astrobiological potential of rocks acquired by the Perseverance rover at a sedimentary fan front in Jezero crater, Mars

T Bosak, DL Shuster, EL Scheller, S Siljeström… - AGU …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Perseverance rover has collected seven oriented samples of sedimentary rocks, all
likely older than the oldest signs of widespread life on Earth, at the exposed base of the …

What we can learn about Mars from the magnetism of returned samples

BP Weiss, EN Mansbach, C Maurel, CJ Sprain… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
The Red Planet is a magnetic planet. The Martian crust contains strong magnetization from a
core dynamo that likely was active during the Noachian period when the surface may have …

Hand magnets and the destruction of ancient meteorite magnetism

F Vervelidou, BP Weiss… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Meteorites provide invaluable records of planetary formation and evolution. Studies of their
paleomagnetism have constrained accretion in the protoplanetary disk, the thermal …