NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered pale rocks rich in kaolinite clay on the floor of Jezero Crater, a mineral that forms ...

Jezero Crater on Mars was once home to a lake, delta and rivers. See an animation of what it could have looked like when ...

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...

Small, pale spots on the reddish-orange landscape of Mars have turned out to be a new clue that parts of the planet may once ...

Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of ...

New research using NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars’ Jezero Crater experienced multiple episodes of fluid activity — each with conditions that could have supported ...

Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might have drenched the Red Planet. That is the startling conclusion from new ...

Horgan said kaolinite also carries its own mystery. There is no major outcropping nearby where the light-colored rocks could have originated despite being scattered throughout the mission path ...

Kaolinite discovery shows Mars once hosted long-term rainfall and humid conditions, strengthening the case for a habitable ancient climate.

Sometimes, it's really hard to see the volcanoes for the rocks, especially if you're just a one-ton rover all alone in a remote crater on Mars. Nevertheless, a bump on the rim of Jezero Crater is ...

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Mars’s marred surface consists of craters, canyons, and mysterious formations that hint at a complex geological past. Scientists recently studied a tantalizing feature that could shed light on the ...