Perseverance rover spies signs of ancient raging river on Mars
crater called Jezero, has rolled up on a long-dead riverbed that looks completely different. This one features coarse grains and cobbles, bulky stuff that couldn't be displaced by a mere trickle.
Perseverance gathered some of this newfound evidence at a spot the mission team calls Skrinkle Haven But the nature of the river that sculpted this landscape remains a matter of some debate. It may have been a snaking river whose banks shifted over time, or a"braided" one marked by protruding sand bars, mission team members said.
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