Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

A study published in Communications Earth & Environment suggests that certain pale patches spotted on Mars, seen as bright, light-toned specks against the planet’s rusty terrain, are evidence that ...

Horgan said kaolinite also carries its own mystery. There is no major outcropping nearby where the light-colored rocks could have originated despite being scattered throughout the mission path ...

Both samples, slightly wider than a pencil in diameter and about six centimeters long, are now stored in sealed tubes in the rover's interior.