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When you are scheduled to participate in Science Operations for the rover's weekend plan, you know it's going to be a busy ...
NASA 's Curiosity rover captured this extremely wide snapshot as it traversed its extraterrestrial stomping grounds in Gale ...
Curiosity has reached a long-anticipated and visually complex Martian terrain that may hold “boxwork” formations — intricate ...
Here’s the latest dirt on Mars. NASA’s trusty Curiosity rover, which has been exploring the so-called red planet for years, just unearthed something huge — a stash of carbon-rich carbonate ...
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The Curiosity rover is heading to a region containing formations that were possibly made by groundwater billions of years ago ...
The reconnaissance orbiter, which has been circling Mars since 2006, caught a glimpse of Curiosity on Feb. 28, 2025, along with the tracks the rover left behind. Curiosity rover began its voyage ...
The Curiosity rover identified hidden caches of the mineral siderite, which could help explain why Mars lost its habitable climate.
Going back to the Moon after half a century, and then to Mars, literally means reinventing the wheel. After all, Mars is a long way to come back if you get a flat. "One thing you cannot have is a ...
The NASA Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic molecules found to date on Mars, opening a window into the red planet’s past. The newly detected compounds suggest complex organic ...