The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

Perseverance is pushing the limits of Martian science by using its SHERLOC instrument to detect organic compounds, but harsh ...

Rocks loafing about on the surface of Mars have been harboring secrets about the red planet's mysterious past.

NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, fired its laser at some oddly pale rocks on the surface ...

The Perseverance team have faced a stubborn engineering challenge. After successfully collecting a core called "Green Gardens ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

Explorer Scouts here in Yorkshire will now be able to earn a Space Activity Badge for the first time in the section’s history ...