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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock

In one scenario the Perseverance science team is considering, Cheyava Falls was initially deposited as mud with organic compounds mixed in that eventually cemented into rock. Later, a second episode of fluid flow penetrated fissures in the rock, enabling mineral deposits that created the large white calcium sulfate veins seen today and resulting in the…