And Mars is essentially one hazard after another ... using imagery to study the geology of the 28-mile-wide Jezero Crater. Following its landing, the rover spent nearly seven months exploring ...

Now we know. In a new blog post, NASA reveals that it has chosen a site known as the Jezero Crater to be the landing area for Mars 2020. One of several interesting places NASA could have chosen to ...

Aug. 14, 2024 — Between July and November of 2022, NASA's Perseverance rover collected seven samples of sediment from an ancient alluvial fan in Jezero crater. While ... Rocks from Mars' Jezero ...

Purdue University planetary scientist Briony Horgan is nearing a new phase in her research on Mars as NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance gets closer to exiting Jezero Crater, leading to ...

For nearly three months, the Perseverance rover has been climbing the rim of Jezero Crater to investigate whether life ever existed on Mars. This is the six-wheeled robot’s toughest terrain yet ...

After an arduous ascent to the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover is doing a little sightseeing. The most recent stop on its Red Planet road trip? A roughly 656-foot-long (200 ...

An eye-opening new study has suggested that life may still exist on Mars, hidden deep below the surface. Scientists studied methanogens—microbes found in Earth's deep and extreme environments ...