A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa ...

"The last four months have been a whirlwind for the science team, and we still feel that Witch Hazel Hill has more to tell us ...

Only after that stage and another called "basic characterization," where scientists carry out an initial study of the minerals and chemistry of the rocks, will the samples gradually be released to ...

A NASA rover taking rock samples on Mars has uncovered a plentiful mineral that was invisible to orbiters studying the Red Planet from space. Scientists say the discovery of siderite, a type of ...

AFP/Getty Images Carbonate minerals typically form when carbon dioxide reacts with water and rock — which makes ... makes up a staggering 5–10% of the samples. What’s more, they were found ...

Rock samples could tell us whether it supported ... Based on satellite images, Jezero appeared to have deposits of minerals called carbonates along the crater rim. “From orbit it almost looked ...

Deep in the Martian crust, the crew came upon an outcrop featuring igneous minerals solidified from magma. Working with ESA, ...