"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 ...

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

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

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 Perseverance rover detects potential biosignatures in Jezero Crater sample Discovery published in Nature marks closest ...

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

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 ...

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

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

A new study co-authored by Texas A&M University geologist Dr. Michael Tice has revealed potential chemical signatures of ...

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