A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The fascinating forms seem to be defying gravity, but that’s not unusual for Mars. Curiosity famously spotted a delicate, suspended rock formation in the shape of a spoon in August 2015.

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 ...

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 ...