The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

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Perseverance is pushing the limits of Martian science by using its SHERLOC instrument to detect organic compounds, but harsh ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an oddball rock in an ancient river channel on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

The Perseverance team have faced a stubborn engineering challenge. After successfully collecting a core called "Green Gardens ...

Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

"There are some instruments that just can't be miniaturized and sent to Mars." NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of ...

SuperCam carried out its 500,000th laser shot on a Martian rock named "Whites river," located 12 meters from the Perseverance ...

Scientists have discovered kaolinite mineral on Mars, providing new evidence that the planet was once warm and wet.