Perseverance's drives over the last few weeks have doubled back several times. Why such an unconventional route? Team ...

The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.

Scientists are cataloging and analyzing the first samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover while the agency weighs its ...

Perseverance Rover Analyzes Serpentine Lake Rock on Mars Serpentine Minerals Found in Rock Point to Ancient Water Presence ...

Martian clouds are almost always made of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide. 95% of the planet's atmosphere is CO2.

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, located inside the rover’s ...

NASA's Perseverance collects the “Silver Mountain” sample in Jezero, revealing geological secrets and possible traces of ...

The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its distance from the star (an average of 142 million miles versus ...

The iridescent cloud reveals new clues about ice formation in the Martian atmosphere (no little green men, sorry).

"There are some instruments that just can't be miniaturized and sent to Mars." NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of ...

The Perseverance Mars rover has collected a rock sample on Mars unlike any other it has picked up so far. "My 26th sample, known as 'Silver Mountain,' has textures unlike anything we've seen ...

A photograph of a "Silver Mountain" rock sample collected by NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover as it explores the rim of Jezero Crater. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Perseverance rover has been b ...