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The mudstone created an environment that could concentrate and preserve organic molecules and trapped them inside the fine grains of the sedimentary rock.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Thanks to the preservation-friendly conditions on Mars, these organic compounds remained intact in mudstone for approximately 3.7 billion years — dating back to the period when life first emerged on Earth.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Buried inside a slab of ancient mudstone in what was once an inlet leading into a lake bounded by Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover’s sample number 25 is potentially a Martian astrobiological game-changer.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
Curiosity has already found organic deposits trapped in mudstone that once contained organic molecules.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 24 July 2024
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Thanks to the preservation-friendly conditions on Mars, these organic compounds remained intact in mudstone for approximately 3.7 billion years — dating back to the period when life first emerged on Earth.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Buried inside a slab of ancient mudstone in what was once an inlet leading into a lake bounded by Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover’s sample number 25 is potentially a Martian astrobiological game-changer.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
Curiosity has already found organic deposits trapped in mudstone that once contained organic molecules.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 24 July 2024
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“Mudstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mudstone. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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