Curiosity Rover Drills Second Rock Target
NASA’s Curiosity rover has completed the drilling of the second rock sample on Mars and should deliver portions of the sample in coming days to…
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Curiosity Team Selects Second Drilling Location on Mars
Scientists have chosen the second drilling site for the Curiosity rover on Mars. The team operating NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target…
Researchers Believe They Can Reliably Predict Snowstorms on Mars
Using a climate model adapted to the special conditions on Mars, researchers believe they can reliably predict snowstorms on Mars far in advance, helping future…
New Study Suggests Wind, Not Water, Formed Mount Sharp on Mars
In a newly published study, scientists from Princeton University and the California Institute of Technology suggest that Mount Sharp most likely emerged as strong winds…
ESA’s Mars Express Captures New Images of Sulci Gordii
ESA’s Mars Express has captured new images of a region on Mars known as Sulci Gordii, which lies about 200 km east of Olympus Mons….
Nuclear Fusion Could Power Future Human Expeditions to Mars
In a project funded through NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts Program, researchers from University of Washington and MSNW are calculating the potential for expeditions to Mars…
Curiosity Data Reveals Changes Martian Atmosphere
New data from NASA’s Curiosity rover helped reveal changes in the Martian atmosphere, providing the most precise measurements ever made of isotopes of argon. Mars…
Curiosity’s Parachute Shifts in the Wind on Mars
A sequence of seven images shows how the parachute used in Curiosity’s landing on Mars has shifted in response to wind. Photos from NASA’s Mars…
Astronomers Watch as Comet 2013 A1 Heads Towards Mars
Astronomers around the world are monitoring Comet 2013 A1, watching to see if it will strike Mars. In a new ScienceCast video, experts discuss what…
NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft to Study Martian Atmosphere
Scheduled to launch in late 2013, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft will study the Martian upper atmosphere in detail, gathering information about relevant processes so scientists can…
Curiosity Discovers More Hydration of Minerals Near Clay-Bearing Rocks
Using infrared-imaging and an instrument that shoots neutrons into the ground to probe for hydrogen, scientists have found more evidence of water-bearing minerals in rocks…
Curiosity Reveals that Mars Could Have Supported Life
Researchers have identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon in the powder rock sample obtained by NASA’s Curiosity rover, suggesting that Mars could have…
Scientists Create a 3D View of the Ancient Water Channels of Mars
Using data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists create a 3D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the Martian surface. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took…
NASA to Hold a Briefing on Curiosity’s Analysis of Rock Powder from Mars
NASA has announced that they will hold a briefing to discuss the Curiosity rover’s analysis of the first sample of rock powder ever collected on…
Comet 2013 A1 to Make a Very Close Flyby of Mars
Scientists have projected that comet 2013 A1 will make a very close approach to Mars in October 2014, possibly passing as close as 31,000 miles…
NASA Completes Computer Swap for Curiosity Rover
NASA ground engineers have completed a computer swap for the Curiosity rover in response to a memory issue, shifting the rover into a minimal-activity precautionary…
Curiosity Rover Image Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample
New images from NASA’s Curiosity rover confirm that it has successfully drilled and collected the first-ever rock sample from the interior of a rock on…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Drills and Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample
New images show that NASA’s Curiosity rover has successfully drilled and collected a rock powder sample from the Martian bedrock to be analyzed. NASA’s Curiosity…
