Perseverance landed on Mars in 2021 near Jezero Crater with several objectives in mind: scour the area for possible signs of ancient life, collect rock samples like "Silver Mountain" for an ...

For the first time, a Mars rover has measured the mass of the rocks beneath its wheels. By taking gravity measurements as it climbed a Martian mountain, Curiosity discovered something surprising ...

Dubbed “Silver Mountain,” it has been sealed for further analysis in labs on Earth, holding secrets of Mars’ geological past. The rover collected its 26th sample after climbing the western ...