The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

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

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

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

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

Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...

New research from China's Mars rover has found evidence of an ancient beach on the planet.In 2021, The Zhurong rover landed ...

In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien ...

The rock was discovered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perseverance rover. According to ...

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