“Mind Boggling” Mars Mystery As Oxygen Doesn’t Behave by Known Chemistry
For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above…
Curiosity
“Mars Chemist” – NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Shows Off in New Selfie
A new selfie taken by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is breathtaking, but it’s especially meaningful for the mission’s team: Stitched together from 57 individual images…
Mars Once Had Salt Lakes Similar to Earth – “Key Ingredient of Microbial Life”
Texas A&M researchers found that Mars has undergone wet and dry periods and salt lakes formed similar to some found in South America. Mars once…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds a 100-Mile-Wide Ancient Oasis on Mars [Video]
If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years, what would Mars look like? The picture is evolving among scientists working with NASA’s Curiosity…
Spectacular Imagery of Solar Eclipses Caused by Phobos and Deimos
When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar filters on its Mast Camera (Mastcam) allow it to stare…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover is on the Move Again
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover drove about 197 feet (60 meters) over the weekend to a site called Lake Orcadie, pushing its total odometry to over…
Curiosity Surveys Fading Global Dust Storm From Vera Rubin Ridge
After snagging a new rock sample on August 9, NASA’s Curiosity rover surveyed its surroundings on Mars, producing a 360-degree panorama of its current location…
Martian Dust Storm Grows, Is Now “Planet-Encircling”
A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA’s Opportunity rover to suspend science operations….
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Ancient Organic Material on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Will Test Percussive Drilling on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover could soon be drilling rocks on Mars again. Engineers have been working for the past year to restore the rover’s full drilling…
Mars Curiosity Rover Prepares for Its Next Adventure
This mosaic, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover, looks uphill at Mount Sharp. Spanning the center of the image is an area with clay-bearing rocks…
Mars Curiosity Rover Celebrates Its Two-Thousandth Martian Day
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover just hit a new milestone: its two-thousandth Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet. An image mosaic taken by the…
Mars Curiosity Rover Conducts First Test of a New Drilling Technique
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on the Red Planet since its drill stopped working reliably. This…
Curiosity Rover Inspects Star-Shaped Bumps in Martian Bedrock
Star-shaped and swallowtail-shaped tiny, dark bumps in fine-layered bright bedrock of a Martian ridge are drawing close inspection by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. This set…
New Self-Portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover on Vera Rubin Ridge
A new self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it has been investigating for the past several months….
Revealing What Lies Beneath – Curiosity Looks for Minerals in Target Rocks
This newly released false-color image demonstrates how use of special filters available on the Curiosity Mars rover’s Mast Camera (Mastcam) can reveal the presence of…
Large Solar Storm Sparks Global Aurora on the Martian Surface
An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars last month, sparking a global aurora more than 25 times brighter than any previously seen by…
Boron Discovery Provides Clues to Whether Life Could Have Existed on Mars
The ChemCam instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover reveals Boron in calcium-sulfate veins on Mars, helping us better understand the timescale of habitability on Mars….