Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

NASA Mars News On Wednesday (Sneak Peek?)

by Keith CowingSeptember 9, 2025September 10, 2025

(A) Colorized ACI image of the target Cheyava Falls, poppy seeds and leopard spots. PIXL (black dashed rectangle) and SHERLOC scan areas (blue and orange squares) overlain. -- Joel Hurowitz, et al.

Editor’s note: [Important: Just a guess]: According to “NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding“ there will be some Mars news – likely Astrobiology related – announced at 11 am EDT Wednesday 10 September.

(again) Just a guess …. from 56th LPSC a few months ago: “The Detection of a Potential Biosignature By the Perseverance Rover on Mars“ by upcoming press event participant Joel Hurowitz: “Upon entering Neretva Vallis, Perseverance investigated a set of distinct mudstone and conglomerate outcrops. We report on measurements from these rocks and describe the discovery of a potential biosignature”.

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Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp... More by Keith Cowing