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, ...

NASA’s Perseverance Has Seen a Lot of Rocks—But Not One Like This

In a first for the Perseverance rover, it appears to have found an iron-nickel meteorite near the Jezero Crater.

NASA's Perseverance rover spots unusual iron-nickel rock that could be a ‘visitor’ to Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted a striking iron- and nickel-rich rock on Mars, named “Phippsaksla,” which may be a ...
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Mars Sample That May Contain Evidence of Life Might Never Come Home

Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...
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Perseverance finds a strange visitor rock on mars

The Perseverance rover has stumbled onto a Martian rock that looks nothing like the weathered stones around it, a solitary ...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers Possible Meteorite on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars, identifying a peculiar rock that may be an iron-nickel meteorite. This intriguing find not only highlights the capabilities of ...
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NASA's Perseverance rover discovers bizarre alien rock on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover strikes gold, discovers a trove of ancient rocks on Jezero Crater ...

Alien visitor on Mars? NASA finds 'unusual' 31-inches wide rock on red planet that didn't belong there, scientists stunned

NASA's Perseverance rover found a peculiar rock on Mars. Its composition suggests it may have originated from beyond our ...

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

Scientists stumbled upon a strange formation that may have crash-landed from somewhere else in the solar system.
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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 ...

NASA Spots Weird Rock On Mars That Shouldn't Be There

According to the early analysis with the rover's SuperCam laser and spectrometers, a high concentration of iron and nickel ...
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NASA rover spots unusual iron-rich rock on Mars

This is not the first time an 'alien' rock has been found on Mars. NASA's Curiosity rover previously identified iron–nickel meteorites in Gale Crater, including the one-metre-wide 'Lebanon' in 2014 ...