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1. "Perseverance" finds evidence that an ancient river delta on Mars held a crater-filling lake billions of years ago.
   2023-12-13 12:33:44 (First version)
2. NASA's "Perseverance" finds evidence that an ancient river delta on Mars held a crater-filling lake billions of years ago.
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