NASA’s Perseverance rover has taken an unconventional approach to Martian exploration—smooshing a rock to reveal secrets ...

Perseverance is pushing the limits of Martian science by using its SHERLOC instrument to detect organic compounds, but harsh ...

Chief among these instruments is SHERLOC, for “Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals” — a somewhat forced but impressively descriptive acronym.

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In early January, the SHERLOC instrument's cover mechanism stopped responding during a routine attempt to acquire data on a rock outcrop in the Margin unit. After six weeks of team diagnostics ...

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Using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, the image showed white, black, and greenish spots in the rock, intriguing scientists. On Earth, green spots in red rocks sometimes develop due to microbial ...