Just last week, the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero Crater. Now, for the first time ever, NASA has released footage of this landing.
To mark this monumental occasion, we’d like to kick off our next installment of The Spectroscopist newsletter with our feature from a team using Raman spectroscopy to search for mixed sulfates in martian soil - a key indicator of biological life. Also in the mix: our Image of the Month on the oldest terrestrial fossil ever found, and two quick hits on detecting tumours in the brain and how tree rings can reveal a millennium of solar activity.
Enjoy! Lauren Robertson, Deputy Editor
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