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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a 'googly eye' solar eclipse on Sept. 30 as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun.

Unlike the other planets in the solar system, Mars is distinctly triaxial, meaning it is an ellipsoid with different sizes along all three axes.

Do you see what we see? A stacked rock formation spotted by NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover looks like a dusty snowman!

The rolling NASA robot will soon head to "Jurabi Point," where Perseverance may get another chance to sample a Martian boulder.

NASA has released a video taken by the Perseverance rover on Mars showing its companion, the helicopter Ingenuity, in flight.

This is a truly otherworldly landscape.

NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket reached the launching pad at Kenndy Space Center in Florida Monday morning after its slow-rolling 4.2-mile hike.

The Perseverance Rover captured a dramatic scene of Mars' moon crossing the Sun.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured dramatic footage of Phobos, Mars' potato-shaped moon, crossing the face of the Sun. These observations can help scientists better understand the moon's orbit and how its gravity pulls on the Martian surface, ultimately shaping the Red Planet's crust and mantle.

Having rolled the Space Launch System lunar rocket out to its launch pad and powered it up successfully, NASA engineers and technicians say they're just about ready for a prelaunch wet dress rehearsal this week.

NASA has extended flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter through September. In the months ahead, history's first aircraft to operate from the surface of another world will support the Perseverance rover's upcoming science campaign exploring the ancient river delta of Jezero Crater. Along the way, it will continue testing its own capabilities to support the design of future Mars air vehicles.

Written by Margaret Deahn, Ph.D. Student at Purdue University

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

The road ahead will be even more scientifically intriguing, and probably somewhat easier-going, now that the six-wheeler has completed its long climb to the

NASA's Perseverance rover captured the silhouette of Phobos -- the larger and inner of the two natural satellites of Mars -- as it passed in front of the Sun on September 30, 2024, the 1,285th Martian day, or Sol, of the mission.

The tiny explorer last spotted Phobos crossing the Sun in February.

NASA's Perseverance rover has found an unusual striped 'zebra rock' on Mars unlike any rocks seen before. How did it form and how did it get there? The post A striped 'zebra rock' on Mars and a new Mars face first appeared on EarthSky.

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.

MIT geologists determined the original orientation of many of the Mars bedrock samples collected by the Perseverance rover. The findings can give scientists clues to the conditions in which the rocks originally formed.

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