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Perseverance Scratches the Martian Surface, Finds Organic Carbon
Friday, June 26, 2026 Edition
Perseverance has detected organic carbon in Martian rock, the latest chemical fingerprint suggesting habitable conditions once existed. The rover can't prove life was there, only that the chemistry permitted it.
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