Bringing Martian rock and soil samples to Earth is among the top priorities of planetary scientists. By studying fresh rocks ...

While Earth’s northern hemisphere welcomes the new year with the quiet chill of winter, Mars transforms into a fiery theater ...

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 ...

The rover will be capable of drilling down into the surface of Mars and collecting rocks at a depth of 6.6 feet (2 meters), which it will then analyze in an onboard laboratory, according to ESA.

NASA torn over two plans to bring rock samples from Mars: recreating a previous rocket method or getting a lander from a commercial company.

Now, the robotic explorer is preparing to observe some of the oldest rocks on Mars, which could reveal the planet’s mysterious history, and potentially, whether its ancient environments were ...

Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...

Not to be outdone in the field of ambitious sample return missions, NASA and ESA’s joint plan to collect and return rock core samples from Mars has met with the approval of the independent ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The page-like rock formations were unusual enough to catch the rover team’s ...

The Perseverance rover has spent more than three years on Mars scouring the area's rocks and soil for evidence that life once existed on the planet. Late in August, Perseverance began a slow ...