More than five years into its mission, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is still ambling across the surface of the red planet, doing what any five-year-old loves to do – stopping to look at every rock on its path.

A large subterranean liquid water reservoir located deep within the Martian crust was previously found by scientists examining data from NASA's InSight mission. At a depth of roughly one mile (1.6 kilometers) below the surface, this water is trapped in microscopic cracks and pores in the rock.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This image from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft shows the Acheron Fossae region of Mars. This region shows many signs of past activity, from trough-like ...

NASA says its Perseverance rover on Mars has transmitted new imagery that forms one of the sharpest panoramas of the Martian surface to date, offering scientists valuable insight into the Red Planet’s terrain. The panoramic view was assembled from 96 ...

It's been five years since NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars, sending back images and data that have revealed some of the red planet’s oddest and most peculiar features. Now, the rover has stumbled across an unusually shaped rock about 80 centimetres across (about 31 inches) called "Phippsaksla.