Samples returned from the moon by a Chinese mission have been found to contain exotic igneous rock types associated with material ejected by tremendous impacts.

The surprising discovery of volcanic rocks by NASA's Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater could unlock Mars' climate history and reveal when the Red Planet was wet and potentially habitable.

When NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down in Jezero Crater in 2021, scientists expected to find rocks laid down by an ancient lake. What they didn’t expect was volcanic rock. And certainly ...

Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, ...

NASA’s fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, has been gathering rock and other samples as it searches the planet’s surface for clues to ancient life.

I contains a sample of volcanic igneous rock originally found near the rover's landing site. Building the depot started in December 2022 and has taken weeks.

Core samples drilled by NASA's Perseverance rover on the Martian surface are revealing the geology of a gaping crater scientists suspect may have harbored microbial life billions of years ago ...

Percy has turned up volcanic rocks, signs of flowing water and some of the materials necessary for life.

The rover previously found igneous rocks, likely formed deep underground through volcanic processes, on the crater floor.