{"682340":{"#nid":"682340","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Perseverance Happened to Land Right Beside a Composite Volcano","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAccording to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43247-025-02329-7\u0022\u003Enew research\u003C\/a\u003E published in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E, lava flows possibly originating from the Jezero Mons on Mars could have shaped the geology of the Jezero crater\u2019s floor. According to the findings, the analysis of NASA\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPerseverance\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Erover\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Esamples could also reveal clues about ancient Mars when it was still geologically active.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe study was led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sara-cuevas-qui%C3%B1ones-76875b202\/\u0022\u003ESara C. Cuevas-Qui\u00f1ones\u003C\/a\u003E, a Ph.D. Planetary Science student from Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E (EAS) and Brown University. The research team also included EAS Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wray-dr-james\u0022\u003EJames Wray\u003C\/a\u003E and EAS Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/rivera-hernandez-dr-frances\u0022\u003EFrances Rivera-Hern\u00e1ndez\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAs Cuevas-Qui\u00f1ones and her colleagues note in their paper, the detection of clay and carbonate minerals on Jezero crater\u0027s floor supports the conclusion that the sedimentary deposits on the crater\u0027s western edge are the result of aqueous activity that took place roughly 3.8 to 3.5 billion years ago. In addition, satellite observations have revealed a set of non-sedimentary geologic materials that cover most of the Jezero crater\u0027s floor.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAccording to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43247-025-02329-7\u0022\u003Enew research\u003C\/a\u003E published in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E, lava flows possibly originating from the Jezero Mons on Mars could have shaped the geology of the Jezero crater\u2019s floor. According to the findings, the analysis of NASA\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPerseverance\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Erover\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Esamples could also reveal clues about ancient Mars when it was still geologically active.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe study was led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sara-cuevas-qui%C3%B1ones-76875b202\/\u0022\u003ESara C. Cuevas-Qui\u00f1ones\u003C\/a\u003E, a Ph.D. Planetary Science student from Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E (EAS) and Brown University. The research team also included EAS Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wray-dr-james\u0022\u003EJames Wray\u003C\/a\u003E and EAS Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/rivera-hernandez-dr-frances\u0022\u003EFrances Rivera-Hern\u00e1ndez\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAs Cuevas-Qui\u00f1ones and her colleagues note in their paper, the detection of clay and carbonate minerals on Jezero crater\u0027s floor supports the conclusion that the sedimentary deposits on the crater\u0027s western edge are the result of aqueous activity that took place roughly 3.8 to 3.5 billion years ago. In addition, satellite observations have revealed a set of non-sedimentary geologic materials that cover most of the Jezero crater\u0027s floor.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-05-12 20:53:05","changed_gmt":"2025-05-13 14:26:16","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Universe Today","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/articles\/perseverance-happened-to-land-right-beside-a-composite-volcano","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"192250","name":"cos-microbial"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}