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…
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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
Carbon is critical to life, as far as we know. So anytime we detect a strong carbon signature somewhere like Mars, it could indicate 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…
Solar Conjunction: NASA’s Mars Fleet Lies Low With Sun Between Earth and Red Planet
The missions will continue collecting data about the Red Planet, though engineers back on Earth will stop sending commands to them until mid-October. NASA will…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape – Video Tour of Martian Mountain
A new video rings in the rover’s ninth year on Mars, letting viewers tour Curiosity’s location on a Martian mountain. Images of knobbly rocks and…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reveals New Understanding of Rock Record, Evidence of Possible Signs of Ancient Life
A new paper enriches scientists’ understanding of where the rock record preserved or destroyed evidence of Mars’ past and possible signs of ancient life. Today,…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Strange Shimmering Iridescent Clouds on Mars
The science team is studying the clouds, which arrived earlier and formed higher than expected, to learn more about the Red Planet. Cloudy days are…
See NASA’s Curiosity Rover’s Stunning 360-Degree View Atop “Mont Mercou” on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree panorama while atop “Mont Mercou,” a rock formation that offered a view into Gale Crater below. The panorama…
Mars Report: Update on NASA’s Perseverance Rover & Curiosity Rover [Video]
NASA’s Perseverance rover has been on the surface of Mars since February of 2021, joining NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been studying the Red Planet…
Mars Curiosity Rover Explores Stratigraphy of Gale Crater: Finds Multiple Transitions Between Drier and Wetter Climates
Gale Crater’s central sedimentary mound (Aeolis Mons or, informally, Mount Sharp) is a 5.5-km-tall remnant of the infilling and erosion of this ancient impact crater….
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Team Names Martian Hill That Serves as Mission “Gateway”
The name honors recently deceased mission scientist Rafael Navarro-González, who helped lead the team that identified ancient organic compounds on Mars. The team of scientists…
