The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.

The shape of the rock indicates that it was subjected to ... a similar phenomenon led to the famous photo known as the "Face ...

While it’s unlikely that NASA will attempt to recreate the “grumpy face” formation in a lab setting, the rock itself may hold valuable clues about Mars’ past. Further study could ...

NASA is an eyewitness to just how weird Mars can be as evidenced by a “mushroom” rock spotted by the Perseverance rover. A red circle shows the mushroom-shaped rock seen by NASA's Perseverance ...

For years, the U.S. space agency's Perseverance rover has been scouring Mars and scooping up intriguing rock samples. Some of those samples have been stashed away in cylindrical tubes on the ...

Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample until the 2040's, noted Nelson, who said a re-evaluation of the mission ...

1. The balanced rock and the ‘snake head’ NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a ... [+] pair of cameras located high on the rover ...

In one of its latest activities, Perseverance captured a detailed nighttime mosaic image of an abrasion patch on a rock formation named ... for the findings on Mars. Due to safety constraints ...

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has a rock collection that would make any geologist jealous, and the space agency is giving a sneak peek at the rocks before the samples head to Earth. Perseverance ...

On the surface of Mars, a rover has filled over two dozen airtight titanium tubes with pristine rock samples, each a little thicker than a pencil. Some tubes have been stashed on the Red Planet's ...