NASA Perseverance Rover’s Stunning Find May Be Mars’ First Sign of Life

This animation depicts water disappearing over time in the Martian river valley Neretva Vallis, where NASA’s Perseverance Mars takes the rock sample named “Sapphire Canyon” from a rock called “Cheyava ... Read More

Life on Mars? NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects Most Convincing Evidence Yet

In fairness to the Perseverance rover, this is exactly what it was built for. Nicknamed Percy, the machine was sent to Jezero crater, the remains of an ancient riverbed. If life ever existed on Mars, ... Read More

Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures. Read More

NASA Mars rover Perseverance made with parts from Roscoe, Ill., company Forest City Gear

CHICAGO (WLS) -- NASA's Perseverance rover has landed on Mars, and will now search for signs of ancient life on the red planet with the help of parts made in Roscoe, Ill. There was exuberance, joy and ... Read More

Did NASA's Perseverance rover actually find evidence of life on Mars? We need to haul its samples home to find out, scientists say

We'll likely need to get Perseverance's samples to Earth to determine if they do indeed harbor evidence of Mars life —but the prospects of such a mission are cloudy at best. Read More

What would Mars look like in daylight? 'Enhanced' photo from Perseverance offers a look

The robotic rover in May captured what NASA described as "one of the sharpest panoramas of its mission so far." NASA released the mosaic in August, which, with color-enhancing technology, unveils the ... Read More