Home Architecture News Researchers may have discovered ancient life remains on Mars
Architecture News

Researchers may have discovered ancient life remains on Mars

Share
Researchers may have discovered ancient life remains on Mars
Share
Researchers have discovered ancient life remains on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered a rock sample that possibly has ancient life remains on Mars. One of the rocks, the rover SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals), collected in July 2025, holds evidence of microscopic life that once existed on Mars.

The team nicknamed the rock fragments “Cheyava Falls.” The large veins of white calcium sulfate indicate that water had passed through them at some point, but that doesn’t mean the rock hosted ancient microbes. The spots could have been formed by non-biological processes, which scientists need to investigate.

“We have designed the route for Perseverance to ensure that it goes to areas with the potential for interesting scientific samples,” said Nicola Fox, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “This trip through the Neretva Vallis riverbed paid off as we found something we’ve never seen before, which will give our scientists so much to study.”

“Cheyava Falls is the most puzzling, complex, and potentially important rock yet investigated by Perseverance,” said Ken Farley, Perseverance project scientist of Caltech in Pasadena. “On the one hand, we have our first compelling detection of organic material, distinctive colorful spots indicative of chemical reactions that microbial life could use as an energy source, and clear evidence that water — necessary for life — once passed through the rock. On the other hand, we have been unable to determine exactly how the rock formed and to what extent nearby rocks may have heated Cheyava Falls and contributed to these features.”

According to the official announcement, ?n the hunt for evidence of ancient microbial life, the Perseverance mission has focused on rocks that could have been formed or altered in the distant past due to the existence of water. “This is the kind of key observation that SHERLOC was built for — to seek organic matter as it is an essential component of a search for past life,” said SHERLOC’s principal investigator Kevin Hand of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

Share
Written by
PA Editorial Team

Editorial team behind PA

Leave a comment

Leave a Reply

Related Articles
Luxembourg’s Sonic Pavilion Tunes Into the Architecture of Sound
Architecture NewsPavilion

Luxembourg’s Sonic Pavilion Tunes Into the Architecture of Sound

Opening on May 10, 2025, at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of...

Holcim and ELEMENTAL Present Carbon-Storing Concrete for Buildings at Venice Biennale
Architecture News

Holcim and ELEMENTAL Present Carbon-Storing Concrete for Buildings at Venice Biennale

At the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, a collaboration between Holcim and Pritzker...

BIG Reimagines Dubai’s Jebel Ali Racecourse as a Walkable Eco-District
Architecture News

BIG Reimagines Dubai’s Jebel Ali Racecourse as a Walkable Eco-District

The historic Jebel Ali Racecourse in Dubai is about to undergo a significant...

MVRDV’s SOMBRA Pavilion Showcases Dynamic Shading at Venice Time Space Existence Exhibition 
Architecture News

MVRDV’s SOMBRA Pavilion Showcases Dynamic Shading at Venice Time Space Existence Exhibition 

As the 2025 edition of the Time Space Existence exhibition opens in...

Subscribe to all newsletters

Join our community to receive the latest insights and updates!

© 2025 ParametricArchitecture. All Rights Reserved. By utilizing this website, you are consenting to our User Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Statement. In compliance with the privacy laws of Turkey and the United States, we recognize and respect your rights. Please be aware that we may receive commissions for products bought through our affiliate links. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or transmission of any material from this site is strictly forbidden without prior written permission from ParametricArchitecture.

ad blocker mark

AdBlocker Detected!

Help Us Keep Our Content Free

Your support helps us continue delivering high-quality resources at no cost to you.

We’ve detected that you are using an AdBlocker. We completely understand the need for a clean browsing experience, but ads help us keep this platform running and continue providing you with high-quality content at no cost.

If you enjoy our content, please consider disabling your AdBlocker or adding our site to your whitelist. Your support allows us to create more valuable articles, tutorials, and resources for you.

Thank you for being a part of our community!