Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

Data from China's Zhurong rover on Mars suggests an ancient ocean and strengthens evidence that the planet was once warm, wet, and habitable.

Perseverance is pushing the limits of Martian science by using its SHERLOC instrument to detect organic compounds, but harsh ...

Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against sandy beaches 3.6 billion years ago, according to new ...

Scientists have discovered kaolinite mineral on Mars, providing new evidence that the planet was once warm and wet.

China's Mars rover discovered evidence of an ancient Red Planet beach. Here's why scientists are excited about this.

Ground-penetrating radar data obtained by China's Zhurong rover has revealed buried beneath the Martian surface evidence of what look like sandy beaches from the shoreline of a large ocean that may ...

Mars expert Roger Wiens and his team, including the rover Perseverance, discovered fascinating rocks incorporating kaolinite ...

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Photo: Map of Utopia Planitia, Zhurong Mars rover landing site, and four possible ancient shorelines. Photo: Courtesy of the ...

"There are some instruments that just can't be miniaturized and sent to Mars." NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of ...