NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

Kaolinite is a soft, earthy, usually white, mineral produced by the chemical weathering of aluminium silicate minerals like ...

The rock was discovered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perseverance rover. According to ...

Astronomers have made a remarkable discovery on Mars that could revolutionise our understanding of the red planet's history.

It's well established that Mars used to be a wet world covered in oceans, and in recent years, astronomers have uncovered not ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

How's the weather up there? On Mars, weather forecasts haven't always been right at our fingertips. Now, recent research from ...