Martian rocks

Martian rocks

A 'selfie' taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, made up of 62 individual images, on July 23, in this image released on September 10, 2025. A rock nicknamed 'Cheyava Falls,' which has features that may bear on the question of whether the Red Planet was long ago home to microscopic life, is seen to the left of the rover near the centre of the image. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Handout via REUTERS

NASA rover finds potential sign of ancient life in Martian rocks

NASA released an image of the rock - a very fine-grained, rusty-red mudstone - bearing ring-shaped features resembling leopard spots and dark marks resembling poppy seeds. Those features may have...