Pale rocks on the red planet reveal a watery past and suggest the potential for life. Sometimes, scientists have to dig, work ...

But from the closeup image, a reasonable guess is that the white parts of the rock are feldspar, a common mineral in both Earth’s and Mars’ crust. The black stripes could be a pyroxene ...

Kaolinite is a soft, earthy, usually white, mineral produced by the chemical weathering of aluminium silicate minerals like feldspar.

In an unexpected discovery, NASA's Perseverance rover has stumbled upon a peculiar field of bright white rocks while ...

NASA's Perseverance rover which has been exploring Mars' Jezero Crater since early 2021 has discovered thousands of white rocks strewn across its surface. Recently delivered images by the rover ...

"These rocks are very different from anything we've seen on Mars before," coauthor Roger Wiens, professor of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at Purdue University, said in a statement.

Perseverance isn't the only rover exploring Mars' weird rocks. NASA's Curiosity rover found ... though it’s hard to picture a stunning white sandy beach with blue water lapping at the shores ...

or by the condensation of rock vaporized by a meteorite impact. Mars was once dotted with thousands of huge volcanoes which saw 'super eruptions', according to NASA. The eruptions shot water ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Perseverance acquired this image of the "St. Pauls Bay" target (the dark-toned float block in ...