On a battered rock in an ancient Martian riverbed, a pattern of dark, rounded patches has jolted planetary science. These ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the first-ever off-Earth sample depot for posterity. Perseverance built that depot on a patch of Martian ground called Three Forks over the course of five ...

It may look like a lightsaber sitting on the surface of Mars, but this titanium tube is actually a sample canister dropped off by the Perseverance rover. This could eventually be the first pristine ...

The Perseverance rover attempted to collect its first sample of Mars last week, but it seems the red planet wasn't ready to cooperate. The Perseverance rover attempted to collect its first sample of ...

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In a quiet corner of an ancient riverbed on Mars, a speckled rock has pushed the search for extraterrestrial life into its ...

The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand its powerful drill. In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, ...

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The sample is currently in a titanium tube on Mars and is the first of what will become a sample depot of Martian rock. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 22, 2022 1:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has finished building its backup sample depot on the Red Planet. The car-sized Perseverance rover just stashed the last of the 10 sample tubes that comprise the depot.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover deposited its first titanium tube with a rock sample on the surface of the Red Planet on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The rover will set down a total of 10 tubes at the "Three ...