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Newest Sample, Oldest Rock?

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Newest Sample, Oldest Rock?

NASA · Official source · Nov 9, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC

Written by Tasha Coelho, Mastcam-Z Student Collaborator at Arizona State University Nov. 1, 2026 Perseverance’s most recent abrasion “Pumbe” bears a striking resemblance to an earlier abrasion, “Badger Peak.” That’s no coincidence. As previously reported, that rock had a hardness too high to core.…