A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth.

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Searching for Earth’s Oldest Rocks: Follow a Smithsonian Expedition to the Remote Northwest Territories High in the Canadian wilderness, Smithsonian scientists search for ancient minerals that ...

That’s why the rover is collecting rocks and carefully preserving them in sample tubes that NASA hopes to collect within the next decade to bring back to Earth.

A rover has been collecting rocks from Mars for years. How will they get back to Earth? It appears the final say on the plan to get those Martian rocks to Earth will be made under President-elect ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth.