NASA’s Curiosity Rover Views First Dazzling “Sun Rays” on Mars
The veteran Martian rover captured a dazzling sunset at the start of a new cloud-imaging campaign. Although Martian sunsets are uniquely moody, NASA’s Curiosity rover…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Surprise Clues to Ancient Water on Mars
Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be drier….
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Views Rhythmic Rock Layers on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this stunning image of rhythmic rock layers with a repetitive pattern in their spacing and thickness. This rhythmic pattern could…
Tantalizing Science and Dangerous Hazards: NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long-Awaited Salty Region
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying. After trekking this summer through a…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Still Going 10 Years After Landing – What It’s Learned
Despite signs of wear, the intrepid spacecraft is about to start an exhilarating new chapter of its mission as it climbs a Martian mountain. Ten…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Measures Key Life Ingredient on Mars for First Time
Newly published research quantifies the presence of organic carbon in Martian rocks. For the first time, scientists using data from NASA’s Curiosity rover measured the…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Stunning Mars Views – Unlocking Mysteries of Ancient Past
Striking rock formations documented by the Curiosity rover provide evidence of a drying climate in the Red Planet’s ancient past. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots a “Doorway” on Mars
Door-Shaped Fracture Spotted by Curiosity at ‘East Cliffs’ NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this mound of rock nicknamed…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Reports Back on “Most Chemically Diverse Part” of Gale Crater on Mars
ChemCam played a key role in analyzing new data. The first study of the Glen Torridon region in Mars’ Gale crater reveals that groundwater altered…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reroutes Away From Knife-Edged “Gator-Back” Rocks
To avoid patches of knife-edged rocks, the mission has taken an alternative path up Mount Sharp. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover spent most of March climbing…
Searching for “Ground Truth” on Mars: Planetary Geologist To Lead Next Phase of Curiosity Rover Project
Scientists will compare thermophysical properties from rover to orbital data and analog measurements gathered on Earth to understand rock record. Launched in 2011, NASA’s Mars…
Curiosity Rover Finds a Bizarre Rock on Mars That Looks Like a Flower
The Curiosity rover took a picture of something pretty enticing this week on the surface of Mars. While the object in question looks like a…
Mars Curiosity Rover Sees a Strong Carbon Signature in a Bed of Rocks – Could Indicate Biological Activity
As far as we know, carbon is critical to life. So anytime we detect a strong carbon signature somewhere like Mars, it could mean biological…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Measures Intriguing Carbon Signature on Mars – Possible Indication of Biological Activity
The type of carbon detected is associated with biological processes on Earth. Curiosity scientists offer several explanations for the unusual carbon signals. After analyzing powdered…
Newly Discovered Carbon on Mars: Origin May Be Biologically Produced Methane
NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars on August 6, 2012, and since then has roamed Gale Crater taking samples and sending the results back home…
Stunning New NASA Curiosity Rover Selfie on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree selfie using the Mars Hand Lens Imager, or MAHLI, at the end of its robotic arm. The selfie…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends a Beautiful Picture Postcard From Mars
An artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view high up on a Martian mountain was created by mission team members who were stunned by the sweeping landscape….
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for Astronauts – Here’s How
A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans would face on the surface. Could lava tubes, caves, or…
