There’s Trouble on Mars for NASA’s Perseverance Rover
The SHERLOC instrument is mounted at the end of the robot’s arm.Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS The Perseverance rover is at risk of losing its ability to zap Martian rocks with lasers after…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover: Its Path to Finding Organics on Mars
Earlier this week, scientists announced that Perseverance found organic molecules on Mars. Not life itself—hardly—but another endorsement of the ancient habitat on Mars as having been suitable for life. Advertisement…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Preserved Organic Matter on Mars
Researchers poring over imagery and data from the Perseverance rover on Mars have found evidence of organic molecules in the planet’s Jezero Crater, potentially providing evidence of the planet’s carbon…