Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

Mars has hosted a surprising number of robotic visitors, yet the question of where humans should touch down remains wide open ...

A study published in Communications Earth & Environment suggests that certain pale patches spotted on Mars, seen as bright, light-toned specks against the planet’s rusty terrain, are evidence that ...

Both samples, slightly wider than a pencil in diameter and about six centimeters long, are now stored in sealed tubes in the rover's interior.