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

"The idea was for our payload to get us just up to the potential biosignature designation and have the rest of the story told ...

During a press conference today, NASA presented findings from the initial analysis of a Martian geological sample, touting it ...

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine ...

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

Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With ...

This animation depicts water disappearing over time in the Martian river valley Neretva Vallis, where NASA’s Perseverance ...

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

The Perseverance rover on Mars has obtained rock samples. Researchers have stated these samples contain biomarkers that ...

The image was acquired by the SHERLOC WATSON camera fitted on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.

Scientists using NASA’s Perseverance rover have captured visible green auroras on Mars and developed tools to predict them. Planetary scientists say they can now forecast when a green aurora will ...