Perseverance investigates intriguing Martian bedrock
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has begun exploring an area the science team calls "Yori Pass" near the base of Jezero ...
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Perseverance activities at Amalik outcrop
On Sol 579 (October 6, 2022), Perseverance collected a sedimentary sample named "Mageik," the mission's 14th rock core, from the ...
Earth's oldest stromatolites and the search for life on Mars
The earliest morphological traces of life on Earth are often highly controversial, both because non-biological processes can produce relatively similar ...
Scientists choose first Mars samples worthy of return to Earth
The first samples to be taken from Mars and sent to Earth will be sourced from Jezero Crater, where the ...
NASA and ESA agree on next steps to return Mars samples to Earth
The next step in the unprecedented campaign to return scientifically selected samples from Mars was made on Oct. 19 with ...
Celebrating Halloween and investigating ghoulish rocks from the Red Planet
Have you ever seen faces on Mars? What about weirdly shaped rocks resembling animals and bones? Rocks with spooky holes ...
Things that go bump in the night on Mars!
You stand in Jezero crater, Mars, at a minute to midnight. By the light of the stars and Mars's two ...
Rover findings offer glimpse of Red Planet's ancient landscape
CU Boulder geologist Lisa Mayhew is among the scientists working to recreate the history of an ancient landscape that wouldn't ...
Unknown debris dislodges from Ingenuity Mars helicopter's foot during 33rd flight
NASA said Friday that it is looking into debris that was seen on the foot of the Ingenuity helicopter's foot ...
A broken rock won't break our Team
Last week, Perseverance attempted an abrasion on the Chiniak target at Enchanted Lake. Scientists and engineers worked together to plan ...