My recent entry into the NameExoWorlds Contest has reminded me of the time I tried, and nearly succeeded, to name the deepest crater on Mars, and a new tool has allowed me to explore this feature like ...

“Jezero Crater is one of the best studied sites on Mars,” Wray said. “If we are just now identifying a volcano here, imagine how many more could be on Mars.” ...

A volcano seems to have been identified near the rim of Jezero crater on Mars, which is being explored by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The vehicle may have already sampled material spewed out by ...

An illustration of Jezero Crater as it may have looked billions of years go on Mars, when it was a lake. Jezero Mons is visible on the front right-side of the crater rim. Credit: NASA ...

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 ...

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 ...

Impact crater ejecta, also called an ejecta blanket, is produced from meteorite impacts, resulting in the underlying material to overturn, enabling scientists to study what’s underneath, as the ...

“We’ll use all the rover data gathered recently to decide if and where to collect the next sample from the crater rim. Crater rims — you gotta love ’em.” More About Perseverance NASA’s Perseverance ...

A rare space weather alignment has allowed NASA’s Perseverance rover to photograph a glowing veil of green light rippling above Jezero Crater on Mars. The display – captured on March 22, 2024, just ...

Since landing on Mars in 2021, Perseverance has filled sample tubes with rocks and dirt. NASA's goal has been to retrieve at least some of them and get them to Earth in the 2030s.

Jezero Crater. Image by Wikimedia commons. NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, represents humanity’s most sophisticated attempt to determine if life once ...