In fairness to the Perseverance rover, this is exactly what it was built for. Nicknamed Percy, the machine was sent to Jezero ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly ...

This animation depicts water disappearing over time in the Martian river valley Neretva Vallis, where NASA’s Perseverance ...

The rover carries a drill to penetrate rocks and tubes to hold the samples gathered from places judged most suitable for ...

"When we see features like this in sediment on Earth, these minerals are often the byproduct of microbial metabolisms that ...

NASA rover Perseverance collected evidence being considered by agency officials as 'the closest we have ever come to ...

A new study co-authored by Texas A&M University geologist Dr. Michael Tice has revealed potential chemical signatures of ...

"The idea was for our payload to get us just up to the potential biosignature designation and have the rest of the story told ...

NASA has announced that a sample collected on Mars by its Perseverance rover may contain evidence of ancient microbial life ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover detects potential biosignatures in Jezero Crater sample Discovery published in Nature marks closest ...

Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With ...