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UPDATE for 11 am ET: NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered sediment formations that could be signs of possible biosignatures on Mars, but they could also have a non-biological source. website at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) and is expected to include some "visuals" during the discussion. You'll also be able to tune in right here on Space.com, as our homepage will carry the stream as well.
An official Jezero Crater — a location on could have once hosted life as we know it.
More specifically, the release says the rock is named "Sapphire Canyon" and comes from a place called "Neretva Vallis," which it explains as a "river valley carved by water rushing into Jezero Crater long ago."
And we do know some things about Sapphire Canyon in general.
For instance, NASA has "poppy seeds" and "leopard spots," patterns the Perseverance team noticed adorning the specimen when first observing it.