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NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an oddball rock in an ancient river channel on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie Stack Morgan explains. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth.

NASA's remarkable new sample from Mars will help scientists get a better understanding of the planet's history and whether it ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars.

There are many obstacles to overcome before humans can set foot on Mars, including problems surrounding launch mass and ...

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...

Mars' alternating warm and cold periods may have influenced its ability to retain liquid water, potentially impacting life.

Wildfires in California caused evacuations at NASA Jet Propulsion Labaratory in Pasadena, halting the Perseverance Rover ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The weather on Mars is proving to be unpredictable and turbulent. After months of ...

For years, the U.S. space agency's Perseverance rover has been scouring Mars and scooping up intriguing rock samples. Some of those samples have been stashed away in cylindrical tubes on the ...