An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

This time, it has come through an unintentional clash between the Curiosity Rover and a Martian rock in the Gediz Vallis ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...

The Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, successfully landed on the red planet on August 6, 2012, after nearly a year traveling from Earth. At that time Curiosity began a multi-year mission to explore ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

NASA also extended the planetary science mission of the Mars Science Laboratory and its Curiosity Rover. The MSL and Curiosity have taught us a lot about the Red Planet.

NASA’s Mars Orbiter is rolling 120° to help see beneath the surface - and it’s revealing clearer signs of ice, rock, and ...

In its two years and three months of exploring the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance Rover has been one busy moving Martian science lab.It has detected signs of past chemical reactions, begun ...

Mars Sample Return represents the culmination of decades of planning by the planetary science community, and it has been the top-ranked scientific priority of the last two Decadal Surveys of the ...

Tutolo is a participating scientist on the NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover team. view more . Credit: University of Calgary 2025 Riley Brandt/University of Calgary.