An international research team involving numerous French laboratories, including the Grenoble Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics (OSUG - CNRS/UGA), the Institute of Mineralogy, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie (CNRS/MNHN/Sorbonne Université), the Laboratoire de géologie de Lyon (CNRS/ENS Lyon/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1/UJM Saint-Etienne) and the Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (CNRS/CNES/Université de Toulouse) have just detected rocks that testify to ancient water circulation, thanks to the NASA Perseverance rover. This discovery will be published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters on February 28, 2025.

Publié le 19 mars 2025