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The NASA rover Perseverance recently discovered a strange rock on Mars, which appears to be made up of small rounded stones a few hundred millimeters in diameter. NASA’s research team is trying ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover captures "Skull Hill," a dark-toned float rock. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU via SWNS) By Dean Murray Scientists are puzzled by a rock on Mars they've called "Skull Hill ...

Scientists are puzzled by a rock on Mars they've called "Skull Hill" and say originated from elsewhere. NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted the unusual specimen - featuring an eye socket-like ...

Understanding the composition of dark float rocks like Skull Hill will help the team reconstruct the geological story of this part of Mars—a story shaped by volcanic activity, impacts from space ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has snapped an image of a mysterious rock embedded in the surface of Mars, and researchers aren't sure what to make of it.