Dark, Pitted, and Possibly Alien: The Skull Hill Rock That Has Scientists Stumped

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hits Mars Rock Gold Mine: ‘It Has Been All We Had Hoped For And More’

One of Perseverance’s hazard cameras captured the rover’s coring drill collecting the ‘Main River’ rock sample on ‘Witch Hazel Hill’ March 10, 2025, the 1,441st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech By SHARMILA KUTHUNUR Contributing Writer space.com “The last four months have been a whirlwind for the science team, and we still feel that Witch Hazel Hill has more to tell us.” –Perseverance’s project scientist Katie Morga…

Dark, Pitted, and Possibly Alien: The Skull Hill Rock That Has Scientists Stumped

NASA’s Mars rover is on the trail of a geological mystery in the Jezero crater. While exploring an area known as Witch Hazel Hill, the rover encountered an intriguing dark rock named “Skull Hill” at a boundary between two different rock types. Although its composition initially sparked excitement as a possible meteorite, new data suggests [...]