The Perseverance Rover has samples of potential ancient life on the planet. The challenge is getting them back to Earth.

"The results reported here can be crucial when down-selecting which samples, if not all, are returned to Earth." ...

NASA scientists say a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater may contain the strongest signs yet of ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

A lookout point in the foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-high mountain, allowed the rover to see all the way across Gale ...

See Rocket Lab's "proposed mission architecture" for a Mars sample return mission in this animation. Credit: Rocket Lab ...

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

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

NASA's search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists ...

NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...

The NASA and ESA Mars Sample Return mission will send bits of the Red Planet collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth.