Jezero Crater on Mars was once home to a lake, delta and rivers. See an animation of what it could have looked like when water poured into the crater billions of years ago and present day. Credit: ...

Jezero Crater trek. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Russian lawmaker issues nuclear warning to US Browns might end up using money ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has summitted the top of the Martian Jezero Crater following a monthslong climb. Up next is a new phase of exploration.

Jezero has features like sand dunes, steep slopes, and lots of scattered rocks, which would have created a landing hazard for previous rovers. NASA/JPL-Caltech.

This map of Mars shows Jezero Crater, where the Perseverance rover is scheduled to land, as well as the locations where all of NASA's other successful Mars missions touched down.

These days, the Jezero crater on Mars is an arid, barren depression. But it was a very different place billions of years ago, images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover have revealed.

Jezero Crater represents a golden opportunity to find out. And what scientists learn from it could shed new light on one of humanity's most profound questions: Are we alone?

Jezero Crater is about 18 degrees north of the Martian equator and shows extensive variety in geology, allowing scientists to look at diverse rocks that may represent the planet's evolution over ...

NASA has picked Jezero Crater on Mars, part of which is shown here, as the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover. This view shows ancient water-carved deltas, fans and lake basins in the region.

The video, created using computer simulations from data collected by ESA’s Mars Express and NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, begins in orbit and shows a soothing swoop down to Jezero’s ...

Jezero Crater is located along the margins of one of the larger basins in the northern hemisphere of Mars. The crater is on the west side of the Isidis Planatia, ...

NASA said Thursday that its Perseverance rover had collected 12 compelling rock core samples on Mars. The rover is hunting in the red planet's Jezero Crater.