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Perseverance has stashed four out of 10 planned samples at the Three Forks sample depot on Mars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly alkaline ones. Perseverance’s discoveries guide future sampling and strengthen ...

If life ever existed on Mars, we may already have the answer at hand. In January NASA’s Perseverance rover deposited 10 tubes on the surface of Mars. Each contains a sample of Martian rock that was ...