Oct. 7, 2024 — NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life -- with ...

Amid the mundane pebbly terrain of Mars' surface, NASA's Perseverance rover recently spotted something remarkable: a strange, striped object the agency is now calling the "zebra rock ...

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

New research suggests Mars' missing atmosphere -- which dramatically diminished 3.5 billion years ago -- could be locked in the planet's clay-covered crust. Water on Mars could have set off a ...

It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link Elon Musk has set out his latest timeline for getting humans to Mars, and experts say it's a classic SpaceX move. The SpaceX founder said in a recent ...

As fun as it would be to visit Mars, we wouldn't necessarily want to walk a mile in the Curiosity rover's shoes — or rather, its wheels. After landing in Mars' Gale Crater in 2012 and traveling ...

Few things in space are simply black and white — but this bizarre rock certainly is. NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover discovered a strange black-and-white rock unlike anything seen on Mars ...

Where exactly did Mars' atmosphere go? This question has been a central mystery of Mars' 4.6-billion-year history. For two MIT geologists, the answer may lie in the planet's clay. In a paper ...

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NASA's Mars rover has suffered "abuse" while it has been roaming the red planet, according to the space agency. The Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012, sending back crucial ...

Perseverance has seen a lot of groundbreaking things since it landed on Mars in February 2021, and now we can add one more discovery to the list: a really weird rock. On September 13, NASA’s ...

Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference. When Mars lost its atmosphere billions of years ago, it transformed from a planet that could have ...