Perseverance rover retrieves key rocky clues to Mars' geologic and water history
In its first year exploring Jezero Crater on Mars, the Perseverance rover collected rock samples that scientists anticipate will provide ...
Tag: Jezero Crater
Perseverance Rover team's first results
Two papers recently released in the scholarly journal Science by Farley et al. and Liu et al., which describe recent ...
Everything is Dust in the Wind
Well, not quite. But for scientists like me, who study atmospheric and aeolian (wind-driven) processes, wind-blown dust is extremely important ...
A World of Firsts
The Mars 2020 Mission is pushing the boundaries of what is possible on Mars. The most incredible part of working ...
Perseverance Makes New Discoveries in Mars' Jezero Crater
Scientists got a surprise when NASA's Perseverance Mars rover began examining rocks on the floor of Jezero Crater in spring ...
The sands of Mars are green as well as red, rover Perseverance discovers
The accepted view of Mars is red rocks and craters as far as the eye can see. That's much what ...
Radar images from Perseverance reveal underground surprises
After a tantalizing year-and-a-half wait since the Mars Perseverance Rover touched down on our nearest planetary neighbor, new data is ...
New research sheds light on when Mars may have had water
Scientists on NASA's Perseverance mission made a surprising discovery about the composition of rock in Jezero Crater, one that will ...
Perseverance Soon Heads to 'Enchanted Lake'
After an extended stay at "Wildcat Ridge," the Perseverance team is preparing to head southwest to another sedimentary outcrop on ...
New water map of Mars will prove invaluable for future exploration
A new map of Mars is changing the way we think about the planet's watery past, and showing where we ...