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…
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…
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 Mars rover captured this stunning image of rhythmic rock layers with a repetitive pattern in their spacing and thickness. This rhythmic pattern could…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…