The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its distance from the star (an average of 142 million miles versus Earth’s roughly 93 million miles), but it also has to do with the planet’s atmosphere. A great example of the effects can be seen in the Red Planet’s noctilucent clouds.

NASA’s Mars rover has made a discovery ‘unlike anything we’ve ever seen’, and it could help scientists have a better knowledge about the planet. The Perseverance rover has collected a sample with never-before-seen textures, and the rock core has been named ‘Silver Mountain’.

Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover using its Mastcam—its main set of "eyes." Taken over 16 minutes on Jan. 17 (the 4,426th Martian day,

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known as “Silver Mountain,” the rock core has been sealed into a tube so it can be analyzed in labs on Earth in the future.

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."

At the surface, Mars is a desolate, barren world with a rocky landscape, massive dust storms and extreme temperature swings. However, a rover recently captured a splash of color in the sky as rare clouds drifted overhead.