NASA’s Curiosity rover has rolled into a fresh patch of Martian terrain and cracked open a rock that should not exist there, at least not according to the planet’s standard playbook. Inside, the rover ...

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover’s operators have made up their minds, and the off world vehicle will continue down a rocky ridge that scientists believe was once a raging river. Earlier this month, the ...

Curiosity and MAVEN share the same alien sky, one on the ground and one in orbit, yet the rover will never simply “look up” ...

For more than a decade, a robotic explorer has been traveling across Mars, quietly collecting clues about a time when the Red Planet may have supported life. Now, new research based on an old rock ...

As NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover arrives at Gediz Vallis channel, scientists are intrigued with the possibility of finding clues about the history of water on the Red Planet. Gediz Vallis channel may ...

Images of knobbly rocks and rounded hills are delighting scientists as NASA’s Curiosity rover climbs Mount Sharp, a 5-mile-tall (8-kilometer-tall) mountain within the 96-mile-wide (154-kilometer-wide) ...

Fourth time's the charm. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Monday (Sept. 18), NASA confirmed that, after three failed attempts, ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars back in 2012 and since then it's been put to work exploring the surface of the Red Planet. In the process, it's traversed more than 20 miles of the lunar surface, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA’s Curiosity rover was trucking across the surface of Mars, heading to ...

The 11-year-old rover continues to ascend to new heights. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Curiosity rover marked its 11th ...

It was a banner week for NASA's Perseverance. Let's rove down memory lane to fully appreciate the rover's current moment. Reading time 1 minute Earlier this week, scientists announced that ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken the first ever photograph of the Curiosity Rover making tracks—both literally and metaphorically—across the Red Planet's surface. Captured by the Orbiter's ...