This means that what’s on top of the ejecta blanket is the deepest material, revealing specific layers that were unobservable before the impact. For the study, the researchers used a combination of ...

More information: Sara C. Cuevas-Quiñones et al, Evidence for a composite volcano on the rim of Jezero crater on Mars, Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02329-7.

A crater on Mars has a bright patch of ice. It's the second time in over a decade that the crater and ice has been observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona ...

Diverse and highly differentiated lava suite in Jezero crater, Mars: Constraints on intracrustal magmatism revealed by Mars 2020 PIXL. Science Advances, 2025; 11 (4) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr2613; ...

The image, taken in October 2024 using the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express orbiter, shows a crumbling crater called Deuteronilus Cavus. It is ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs of ancient microbial life. Scientists are investigating their origin.

NASA's Curiosity rover explored Mars' Gale Crater, finding "boxwork" patterns and evidence of ancient waterways, providing clues about the red planet's watery past.

NASA’s Perseverance rover recently spotted something strange while exploring the dusty slopes of Jezero Crater on Mars. The rover used one of its cameras to snap a photo of the dark, angular ...

NASA's Perseverance rover almost had to let go of a precious drill bit on Mars after an attempt to collect a rock sample went awry.. For the past week, the car-sized lab on wheels seemed to remain ...

NASA’s Mars rovers have also discovered a number of other strange rocks during their missions. The first pictured below were nicknamed “blueberries” and were found by the rover Opportunity.

Mars is by far the most Earth-like planet in the solar system… but that's not saying much. We know that Mars once hosted oceans, rivers, lakes, streams. It had a thick, carbon-dioxide-rich ...