NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has collected its 24th sample of Jezero Crater. The 'Comet Geyser' sample is "great for biosignature studies," according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...

On May 12, weather-station equipment on NASA's Curiosity rover (pictured 2021) recorded a high temperature of 11 degrees ...

The Perseverance Mars rover's Mastcam-Z camera the Martian moon Phobos transit the Sun. See real-time and time-lapsed views ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover made skywatching history in March, becoming the first robot to witness auroras from the ...

On March 15, 2024, near the peak of the current solar cycle, the sun produced a solar flare and an accompanying coronal mass ...

This was the first time an aurora had been reported from the surface of a planet other than Earth, the researchers noted.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been on the prowl within Jezero Crater following its touchdown in February 2021. That car-sized robot has been devotedly picking up ...

“This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future astronauts on Mars’ surface." NASA's Perseverance rover just made ...

The science team behind Perseverance wanted to know whether that glow from the Mars aurora could be seen in the visible ...

NASA forecast models only gave a few days’ notice of when a solar storm may hit Mars — similar to aurora forecasts on Earth. The cameras on Perseverance rover weren’t always ready either ...

This solar activity led to stunning auroras across the solar system, including at Mars, where NASA's Perseverance Mars rover made ... at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.