These days, the Jezero crater on Mars is an arid, barren depression. But it was a very different place billions of years ago, images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover have revealed.

Jezero crater, the destination of the Perseverance rover, is a promising place to look for evidence of extinct Martian life. An image obtained by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2015 of the ...

But NASA determined Jezero was a good location to show how water periodically appeared and then disappeared on the Martian surface. Scientists believe Mars lost its water because the atmosphere ...

Mars’ Jezero Crater just got a lot more interesting! Perseverance has revealed unexpected geological and chemical evidence hinting at ancient water activity and potential microbial life. Explore ...

Perseverance landed inside the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, kicking off a surface mission that centers on hunting for signs of ancient Mars life and collecting ...

About 3.9 billion years ago, a wayward rock slammed into Mars, punching a 45-kilometre-wide hole into its surface. On 18 February, NASA plans to land its latest rover inside that pit, named Jezero ...

In early 2022, NASA’s Perseverance rover began its most exciting chapter - exploring an ancient Martian river delta in Jezero Crater. These sediment layers may hold evidence of past life. The ...

The Jezero crater on Mars, where NASA's Perseverance is currently exploring, is vast at nearly 30 miles across and was likely created by a huge asteroid impact.

The video, created using computer simulations from data collected by ESA’s Mars Express and NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, begins in orbit and shows a soothing swoop down to Jezero’s ...