Now, new analysis of data from the Perseverance rover confirms that the Jezero Crater, where the rover is currently exploring, was once a large lake and was even subject to flash floods.

Lake Salda is a body of water in Turkey that bears a strong resemblance to Mars' Jezero crater. The stunning lake is the only place on Earth with geology and mineralogy comparable to those of the ...

“It looks like Jezero Crater is indeed what we suspected based on orbital imaging. It used to be a lake about three/three and a half billion years ago. And that's really exciting for ...

As part of the search, the robotic explorer just completed its investigation of a river delta that once fed into a lake that filled Jezero Crater billions of years ago. Along the way, Perseverance ...

The Perseverance rover landed in Mars' Jezero Crater largely because of extensive evidence that the crater once hosted a lake, meaning the presence of liquid water that might once have hosted ...

Recent discoveries made at this week’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2023 in San Francisco reveal new details from NASA’s Perseverance rover regarding the samples it has been ...

Stretching 30 miles across and 1,600 feet deep, Jezero is the site of an ancient crater lake (its name means “lake” in Serbian) that was replenished by rivers depositing water and sediments ...

What makes Jezero ... lake there, because we have the outlet valley.” That outlet valley is a special rarity. There are plenty of other craters on Mars with what seem to be deltas, like the Gale ...

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.