Perseverance Rover searches life signatures in Mars’ rocks using X-ray spectrometer

The Perseverance Rover has been packed with many tools, including a number of cameras for different tasks, close up and far away with excellent zoom and "clarity" capability. But it has more, like an X-Ray spectrometer... But what is an X-Ray Spectrometer...

Here is a Definition of spectrometer from the Merriam Webster Dictionary
1: an instrument used for measuring wavelengths of light spectra

2: any of various analytical instruments in which an emission (as of particles or radiation) is dispersed according to some property (such as mass or energy) of the emission and the amount of dispersion is measured

Now this is what a spectrometer does...

X-ray spectroscopy is a technique that detects and measures photons, or particles of light, that have wavelengths in the X-ray portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. It's used to help scientists understand the chemical and elemental properties of an object.

This should give you a little understanding of what well be explored and examined by Perseverance...

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Kerry
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