Several contaminants, including traces of ink, originating in the preparation of subsamples, have been identified in Martian meteorites by the EHU’s research group. The finding highlights the importance of stricter […]
Perseverance
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Exploring Northeast Syrtis via Jezero Crater
One of the final three candidate landing sites for the Mars 2020 mission was northeast Syrtis, along with Gusev Crater/Columbia Hills and the eventual landing site for the Perseverance rover, […]
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Perseverance Views Deimos Before Sunrise
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this view of Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons, shining in the sky at 4:27 a.m. local time on March 1, 2025, the 1,433rd Martian […]
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Mars Perseverance Sample: Green Gardens
This image shows a cylinder of rock the size of a piece of classroom chalk inside the drill of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The sample, dubbed “Green Gardens,” was taken […]
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An Astrobiology Spinoff? Microbe Recovered From Mars 2020 Cleanroom May Have Commercial Applications
During microbial surveillance of the Mars 2020 spacecraft assembly facility, two novel bacterial strains, potentially capable of producing lasso peptides, were identified.
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Perseverance Observes Unusual White Float Rocks On Mars
During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white rocks which sparked the interest of the team scientists.
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Mars Perseverance Rover Image of the Week 11-17 August 2024
This photo was selected by public vote and featured as “Image of the Week” for Week 183 (Aug. 11 – 17, 2024) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars.
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Rocks Collected On Mars Hold The Key to Water and Perhaps Life. Bring Them Back To Earth.
Over the course of nearly five months in 2022, NASA’s Perseverance rover collected rock samples from Mars that could rewrite the history of water on the Red Planet and even […]
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Mars Perseverance Rover Imagery Of A Rock With Possible Biosignatures
Editor’s note: I will make this simple: did NASA find evidence of life on Mars? No. Did NASA find an interesting rock feature that might signal or indicate that there […]
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Video: Water Enters Jezero Crater Billions of Years Ago (Artist’s Concept)
Since the spacecraft’s landing in February 2021, Perseverance’s exploration of the crater floor and the delta have led to scientists developing a detailed timeline for the crater’s formation. They now […]