Mars Science Laboratory
Curiosity Finds A Region of Ancient Dried Mud. It Could Have Been an Oasis Billions of Year Ago
What happened to Mars? If Mars and Earth were once similar, as scientists think, what happened to all the water?…
Pictures from Curiosity Show the Bottom of an Ancient Lake on Mars, the Perfect Place to Search for Evidence of Past Life
It's all about the detail. In a way, Mars looks like a dusty, dead, dry, boring planet. But science says…
Curiosity Sniffs a Spike in Methane. Could it be a Sign of Life?
The Curiosity rover has detected another methane plume on Mars, once again raising the issue of whether or not there…
Curiosity has Found the Mother Lode of Clay on the Surface of Mars
Clay is a big deal on Mars because it often forms in contact with water. Find clay, and you've usually…
Don’t Forget, Curiosity’s Sister Rover is Flying to Mars in 2020
The Mars 2020 mission is getting ever closer to the day when it will be launched to the Red Planet.
Curiosity has Finally Sampled a Clay-Rich Region on Mars
It's hard to believe that MSL Curiosity has been on Mars for almost seven years. But it has, and during…
Mars Express Saw the Same Methane Spike that Curiosity Detected from the Surface of Mars
If you're not a chemist, an astrobiologist, or a scientist of any sort, and that includes most of us, then…
NASA used Curiosity’s Sensors to Measure the Gravity of a Mountain on Mars
Some very clever people have figured out how to use MSL Curiosity's navigation sensors to measure the gravity of a…
Curiosity has Lasted More than 2,000 Days on Mars, Triple its Original Mission Plan
The Curiosity rover recently reached another milestone, having spent over 2000 days on Mars. In this time, it has revealed…
Sky Pointing Curiosity Captures Breathtaking Vista of Mount Sharp and Crater Rim, Climbs Vera Rubin Seeking Hydrated Martian Minerals
5 years after a heart throbbing Martian touchdown, Curiosity is climbing Vera Rubin Ridge in search of “aqueous minerals” and…