Perseverance collected its first crater-rim rock sample, named "Silver Mountain," on Jan. 28. (NASA scientists informally nickname Martian features, including rocks and, ...

The craters they leave behind are a window into the tumultuous history of Earth. ... It wasn’t until the 1960s when high-pressure forms of quartz were identified in the rocks, ...

The study estimates that because of natural erosion, craters older than 2 billion years are probably indistinguishable from other non-crater rocks. Advertisement Take the Vredefort crater.

The surprising discovery of volcanic rocks by NASA's Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater could unlock Mars' climate history and reveal when the Red Planet was wet and potentially habitable.

Rocks from Mars' Jezero Crater, which likely predate life on Earth, contain signs of water. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 08 / 240814124510.htm.

Perseverance’s challenging three-and-a-half month climb out of Jezero Crater has definitely been worth it, with NASA reportedly discovering a fascinating array of rocks worthy of detailed ...

A Martian crater, so unassuming that no one even noticed it until recently, is the source of the oldest — and strangest — Mars rock ever to land on Earth as a meteorite.. Scientists have about ...

New seismic data reveals that hundreds of space rocks crash into Mars each year, ... A meteoroid impact on Mars formed Martian craters, seen in blue, on September 5, 2021.

NASA's Perseverance rover has summitted the top of the Martian Jezero Crater following a monthslong climb. Up next is a new phase of exploration.

The Moon has long been the Earth's close companion, but researchers have struggled to understand exactly when the moon formed, because tiny crystals in the moon rocks brought home by astronauts ...

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 ...