NASA's Perseverance rover would have a 2nd attempt to dig a hole, as it aims to collect Mars rock samples which it would soon bring home for scientists to test or study. One of the jobs of ...

NASA has released an image showing that the space agency's Perseverance Mars rover has successfully retrieved its first rock drill sample for return to Earth. Taken by the Mastcam-Z camera on ...

Several boxes of rock core are pictured Monday, December 23, 2024. The Kansas Geological Survey’s library of drill cores, which currently includes over 73,000 boxes of rocks, is expanding to enhance ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever in rock from Earth's mantle - penetrating 4,160 feet (1,268 meters) below the Atlantic seabed - and ...

NASA is celebrating confirmation via data it received from its Perseverance Rover that indicates it has completed the collection of its first rock core sample on Mars. Data was received from the rover ...

NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth. "I've got it!

NASA is checking to see if the rock core is where it's supposed to be, or if another sample has disappeared. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When ...

A tube of Martian rock, stored inside Perseverance, is the first of dozens more to begin a decade-long wait for a trip to Earth A tube of Martian rock, stored inside Perseverance, is the first of ...

PALO ALTO -- Rock samples extracted from two miles deep within the San Andreas fault -- the first samples of their kind -- are a breakthrough that could provide new understanding of how earthquakes ...