NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will search for signs of ancient life on Jezoro Crater | Technology News, The Indian Express

NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will search for signs of ancient life on Jezoro Crater | Technology News, The Indian Express

By Tech Desk |New Delhi |Published: November 17, 2019 2:58:57 pm

NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will search for signs of ancient life on Jezoro Crater

Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 rover have discovered that Jezoro Crater on Mars could be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life on Mars.

Lighter colours represent higher elevation in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. The oval indicates the landing ellipse, where the rover will be touching down on Mars. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/JHU-APL/ESA)

NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will be launched next summer from the Kennedy Space Centre and land on the Jezero Crater– a dried-up lake in the northern hemisphere of Mars A new study published in the journal Icarus suggests that the site might be the best place to look for evidence of ancient life on the red planet.