The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.

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A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

A mysterious square structure has been spotted on Mars - and Elon Musk wants to visit it. The incredible geometric shape - ...

“Pursuing two potential paths forward will ensure that NASA is able to bring these samples back from Mars with significant cost and schedule saving compared to the previous plan,” former NASA ...

The Perseverance rover is building up a stash of rocks on Mars that could contain the first-ever signs of alien life, but NASA is scrambling to figure out how it will bring them back to Earth for ...

After an independent review concluded NASA's plans to robotically collect and return rock and soil samples from Mars could cost up to $11 billion, NASA "pulled the plug" and is focusing on two ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images ... Webb Space Telescope captures wood grain-like patterns revealing 3D structures of interstellar dust ...