Gale crater
The “Doorway on Mars” is More Like a Dog Door
Mars Curiosity rover took a panorama of this rock cliff during its trip across Mount Sharp on Mars. Circled is…
Curiosity Might Not Be In An Ancient Lake At All
Photos can't do some places justice - nor can any level of sophisticated remote sensing. That seems to be the…
Dune Fields in Gale Crater Tell the Story of Mars’ Shifting Climate Over Eons
Rocks can tell us a lot about a planet. On Earth, the study of geology has been around for hundreds…
Iceland is a Similar Environment to Ancient Mars
A new study conducted by NASA scientists and Rice University shows how Iceland's environment is the closest analog on Earth…
At One Time, This Region of Mars was Inundated by a “Megaflood”
A new study of the Curiosity rover's data has show that the Gale Crater once experienced massive flooding, bolstering the…
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 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…
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…