Scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a 67 million-year-old dinosaur fossil hidden under their ...

The partial vertebra appeared inside a 2.5-inch-diameter column of rock that researchers drilled, earning the title of the ...

Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

On Sept. 1, Perseverance extended its robotic arm, with a rotary drill at the end, and collected its first rock core sample. The core is about the size of a piece of chalk and comes from a rock ...

This rock core could hold signs of the Red Planet's ancient life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Perseverance (or "Percy ...

NASA's Perseverance rover snagged its 13th rock sample recently, part of a collection that could come to Earth as early as 2033. ... "A beautiful site for collecting lucky rock core #13!

NASA said Thursday that its Perseverance rover had collected 12 compelling rock core samples on Mars. The rover is hunting in the red planet's Jezero Crater.

After an unsuccessful first attempt due to crumbly rock, Perseverance drilled its first successful core sample, dubbed “Montdenier,” on Sept. 6, and took its second, “Montagnac,” from the ...

Perseverance can collect rock core samples slightly thicker than a pencil using its Sampling and Caching System. Inside the coring bit is the sample tube, which can be seen in the image below.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has a rock collection that would make any geologist jealous, and the space agency is giving a sneak peek at the rocks before the samples head to Earth.

His Sanford garage is filled with rock core samples and the works of art he s created from them. Mike Heilig can see beauty in a box of rocks. His Sanford garage is filled with rock core samples ...