In fairness to the Perseverance rover, this is exactly what it was built for. Nicknamed Percy, the machine was sent to Jezero ...

Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly ...

NASA has long been searching for definitive signs of life on Mars, and it seems like NASA’s Perseverance rover has found the ...

After years of searching, NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered some polka-dotted rocks that may provide the strongest evidence yet of Martian life, per a groundbreaking study published in the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

NASA’s next Mars rover has passed its first driving test. A preliminary assessment of its activities on Dec. 17, 2019, found that the rover checked all the necessary boxes as it rolled forward and ...

New research using NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars’ Jezero Crater experienced multiple ...

Collected last summer, the sample is from reddish, clay-rich mudstones in Neretva Vallis, a river channel that once carried ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered signs in Martian rocks that resemble conditions linked to life on Earth. The study reveals potential biosignatures, a step ahead for ‘life on Mars’.

The Perseverance rover captured this panoramic view during an exceptionally clear Martian day. The 96 assembled images reveal distant hills and distinct geological formations. Researchers ...

Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. Well-designed advance testing helps. An ambitious NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will rely on a special parachute to slow the ...