NASA Rover Finds Rock on Mars That Doesn’t Belong There

NASA scientists made an unexpected discovery on Mars—a strange shaped rock given the name “Phippsaksla” that may not have ...
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Odd-looking rock on Mars is totally alien to the Red Planet, Perseverance rover finds

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently came across an odd rock, dubbed "Phippsaksla," that is unlike anything else the robot ...

NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to ...

Perseverance rover spots mysterious 'visitor from outer space' rock on Mars surface after 4 years

NASA's Perseverance rover discovers shiny metallic rock on Mars that could be a meteorite from an ancient asteroid, ...
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Unusual Rock Found By NASA's Perseverance Rover Likely "Formed Elsewhere In The Solar System"

The 80-centimeter (31-inch) wide rock, named “Phippsaksla", stands out from its environment. It was found back on September 2, 2025, using Perseverance's Left Mastcam-Z camera, on Sol 1612, the ...
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The many personalities of NASA’s Mars rovers

The first wheels on Mars were those of the Sojourner rover, which was a technology demonstration and part of NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission. Roughly the size of a microwave oven, Sojourner drove only ...
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Just Took The Clearest Panoramic Photo Of Mars Yet

Starting your day with one of the best-looking panoramic images of Mars is a pleasant reminder that we humans can do pretty incredible things. This inspiring photography is brought to us by NASA's ...
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NASA Guts Workforce at Lab Responsible for Mars Rovers

That sound you hear? It’s the United States’ leadership role in space exploration disintegrating in real time. This week, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced it was cutting 550 jobs as ...
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NASA Discovered a Rock on Mars That Doesn't Belong There

More than five years into its mission, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is still ambling across the surface of the red planet, doing what any five-year-old loves to do – stopping to look at every rock ...