On September 10, 2025, the latest research findings revealed that NASA's Perseverance rover discovered features with potential biological significance in a rock sample collected on July 21, 2023, from the Jezero Crater region on Mars. This sample has been named "Sapphire Canyon" due to its surface exhibiting a striking "leopard spot" texture.

A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from a dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life.

Space scientists may be about to reveal details about life on Mars. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover found a mysterious rock in July 2024, which may hold evidence of Martian life. Scientists are excited by the sample nicknamed Sapphire Canyon,