Scheduled to launch this Thursday, on July 30, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is the agency’s most sophisticated yet. As if landing on the Red Planet and surviving on the surface weren’t ...

NASA has released a short timelapse video of Perseverance's record-breaking drive on Mars, as engineers determine the rover should be operational until at least 2031. In July 2020, the Perseverance ...

The Mastcam-Z camera on NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the Martian moon Phobos as it eclipsed the sun. Credit: ...

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a "googly eye" solar eclipse as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun. Phobos — one of Mars' two moons, along with the even tinier Deimos — ...

A NASA rover captured images of a Martian eclipse that resembled a googly-eye peering down at the red planet. The space agency released photos and video Wednesday that show the Martian moon Phobos ...

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This large dust devil in the center consumed a smaller nearby dust devil on Mars in January. Future human visitors to Mars will have to deal with an unfriendly planet. It’s dusty. It’s windy.

Scientists studying the images and data sent back by the Perseverance rover on Mars found an unusual sight. It appears to be ...

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