NASA has named its Mars 2020 rover, “Perseverance,” as it prepares for launch this summer. The name is a result of a nationwide contest, which accepted more than 28,000 essays from K-12 ...

We’re still about a year away from the launch of the Mars 2020 mission, but NASA’s shiny new rover is rapidly taking shape already. The rover, which is far more advanced than any machine NASA ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s mission to Mars in 2020 is a very, very big deal. After the death of ...

In April, Mars 2020 got an antenna that will enable it to communicate with Earth. NASA will be able to steer this antenna to point directly at Earth. That way, the rover won't have to change ...

Besides discoveries about the volcanic history of Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a very unique rock on the surface ...

And with good reason — the Mars 2020 mission has been in the works for a better part of a decade, and as we reported earlier this year, the rover it’s delivering to the Martian surface ...

it had successfully charged the batteries aboard a tiny helicopter that is hitching a ride in the belly of the Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance. Although the helicopter, aptly named Ingenuity ...

Perseverance rover recently arrived at Bright Angel, a notable site on Mars distinguished by its light-toned rocks, situated ...

Combining images from orbit with images from the surface, a JPL-developed tool allows researchers to zoom in to see ...

The Perseverance rover on Mars discovered a boulder field ... deputy project scientist of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, told Mashable. "This was like the textbook definition of (chasing) the bright ...

While traversing the inlet, the rover encountered a hill covered in boulders, with one particular rock attracting attention, ...

Mars rovers can only make exciting new discoveries thanks to human scientists making careful decisions about their next stop.