In late December 2024 and early January 2025, a photo circulated on multiple social media sites claiming to show an ice-capped crater on Mars (archived) that scientists recently discovered.

Well, look at that. The Perseverance rover has clambered out of the crater that’s been its cradle for nearly four years on the Red Planet. Perseverance landed on Mars in February 2021.

NASA's Perseverance rover triumphantly celebrated the end of a tough climb out of the Jezero Crater on Mars with new images and a new science campaign. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

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Perseverance gained about 1,640 vertical feet during the epic climb on Mars, which took 3.5 months. NASA's Perseverance rover has finished an epic climb on Mars. The Perseverance rover crested the ...

Scientists investigating the Yellowstone supervolcano have discovered movement deep in the crater, sparking fears the sleeping giant could erupt. The volcano, located under Yellowstone National ...

Late in August, Perseverance began a slow ascent to the top of the Jezero Crater, where it originally landed. The milestone came at the same time as another NASA vehicle, its Ingenuity helicopter ...

After a months-long climb up the side of a crater on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally emerged on the rim — and now faces a 4-billion-year-old landscape never before explored.

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In 2018, NASA mission planners selected the Jezero Crater as the future landing site of the Perseverance rover. This crater was a natural choice, as it was once an ancient lake bed, as evidenced by ...

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