NASA’s Perseverance Rover Achieves Breakthrough in Mars Exploration on Jezero Crater Rim

Perseverance rover finds diverse rocks on Jezero crater, offering insight into Mars history

NASA’s Perseverance rover has stumbled upon intriguing rocky outcrops on the rim of Mars’s Jezero crater.

Hot water once flowed on Mars as another discovery hints at past life

Did hot water once flow on Mars? Perseverance rover has collected rock samples from the Jezero Crater that are rich in silica, indicating hydrothermal activity.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This mosaic showing the Martian surface outside of Jezero Crater was taken by NASA’s Perseverance on Dec. 25, 2024, at the site where the rover cored a sample dubbed “Silver Mountain” from a rock likely formed during Mars’ earliest geologic period.NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS The diversity of rock types along the rim of Jezero Crater offers a wide glimpse of Martian hist…

Hydrothermal activity on Mars? Rover finds tantalizing new clues

Why Is Mars Red? New Research Uncovers the Real Reason Behind the Red Planet’s Color

We all know Mars is called “The Red Planet,” but have you ever stopped to wonder—why is it red? The classic joke explanation has been, “It’s rusty.” While that’s not entirely wrong, the truth is far more interesting. In a recent study, SETI Institute planetary scientist Dr. Janice Bishop along with Adomas Valantinas, a postdoctoral researcher from Brown University, proposed that Mars’s characteristic red hue is primarily due to ferrihydrite.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover is Testing Spacesuit Materials on Mars

New findings from NASA’s Perseverance rover reveal how spacesuit materials degrade under Martian conditions, offering crucial insights for future astronaut safety and suit design.