Scanning Habitable Environments With Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals

Perseverance's drives over the last few weeks have doubled back several times. Why such an unconventional route? Team scientists have been delighted to find

The Mars 2020 Science Team meets in Pasadena for 3 days of science synthesis

A peculiar leopard-spotted rock, found beside an ancient, dried-out river in Mars' Jezero crater, contains some tantalizing clues of ancient life, NASA said.

NASA's Perseverance rover found water, organics, and chemical energy in a Martian rock, hinting at possible ancient microbial life.

NASA engineers are working to close one of two dust covers, stuck open on a camera aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, to help scientists resume collecting crucial data on the Red Planet.

The discovery has implications in the search for potential signs of life on the Red Planet, researchers said.

NASA's Perseverance rover has found evidence of diversity among the organic molecules, the key building blocks of life, on Mars.

The hunt for Martian life focuses on detecting organic molecules that could indicate its past existence. Are our instruments up to the task?

After completing the first sample depot on another world, the rover continues its hunt for Mars rocks worthy of study on Earth.

Investigating the site of an ancient river delta, the Perseverance rover has collected some of the most important samples yet on its mission to determine if life ever existed on Mars, according to NASA scientists.

Written by Roger Wiens, Principal Investigator, SuperCam instrument / Co-Investigator, SHERLOC instrument at Purdue University

A vein-filled rock is catching the eye of the science team of NASA's Perseverance rover. Nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" by the team, the arrowhead-shaped rock contains fascinating traits that may bear on the question of whether Mars was home to microscopic life in the distant past.

This labyrinth – with a silhouette of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes at its center – is used as a calibration target for the cameras and laser that

Engineers are working to stabilize a dust cover on one of the science instrument's cameras.

The SHERLOC instrument onboard NASA's Perseverance rover has detected several species of aromatic organic molecules in the Máaz and Séítah formations of Jezero crater, Mars.

Extreme cold is merciless on machinery. Fluids thicken to useless goo. Rubber seals stiffen and crack.

NASA said Thursday that its Perseverance rover had collected 12 compelling rock core samples on Mars. The rover is hunting in the red planet's Jezero Crater.

Earlier today, NASA briefed the public on the Perseverance rover's current status on Mars, discussed highlights from the mission so far, and announced the discovery of organic molecules that could be associated with life. But this discovery comes with an 82 million-mile caveat. NASA's Perseverance rover has spent the last year and a half on…

NASA's Mars 2020 mission team has been working methodically and thoroughly, making good progress on understanding the best path forward to remove the uninvited pebbles from Perseverance's bit carousel. Over the previous weekend, and earlier this week, operational sequences were developed and tested to remove these rocky interlopers.

Scientists at MIT and NASA report that rock samples from Mars' Jezero Crater contain minerals that are typically formed in water. While the presence of organic matter is inconclusive, the rocks could be scientists' best chance at finding remnants of ancient Martian life.