Space.com

NASA's Perseverance rover is positively glowing in its new selfie on Mars

The Perseverance Mars rover poses against a dramatic backdrop of ancient Martian terrain in a new selfie. When you purchase ...

This Mars Rock Refused To Let Go of NASA’s Curiosity Rover

NASA’s Curiosity rover ran into one of the strangest problems of its Mars mission after accidentally pulling an entire rock ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Got Its Drill Stuck on a Rock. Here’s How They Freed It

While it has enabled many exciting discoveries, the Curiosity Rover has also encountered its share of setbacks. The latest ...
Smithsonian Magazine

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Had a Martian Rock Stuck on Its Arm for Days. Watch It Finally Shake the Stubborn Stone Off

While drilling has fractured rocks, this is the first time the instrument has ever accidentally pulled a whole chunk from the ...
Science Daily

NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally pulled a rock out of Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover had an unexpectedly stubborn Mars souvenir after drilling into a rock nicknamed “Atacama” — the entire ...
CNN

Curiosity rover detects building blocks of life in first-ever experiment on Mars

The Curiosity rover has uncovered the most diverse array of organic molecules ever found on Mars, including seven that had never been detected before on the red planet. These carbon-containing ...
New York Post

NASA’s Mars rover discovers rock with eerie resemblance to prehistoric animal skull

Dinosaurs may have ruled the Earth, but did they roam on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted a rock so intriguing that the public has voted it “Image of the Week.” A bizarre picture taken by ...
Gizmodo

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Strange Fish-Scale Patterns on Mars

While scouring a 50-million-year-old crater on Mars, the Curiosity rover stumbled upon a polygon-shaped pattern that sort of looks like a giant reptile had shed its skin across the planet’s surface.
Florida Today

Curiosity rover finds collection of organic molecules on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered the most diverse collection of organic molecules ever found on Mars. The findings, detailed in a paper published Tuesday in Nature Communications, came from a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Mars Rover Found Building Blocks of Life Never Seen on the Red Planet Before, Boosting the Case for Ancient Habitability

After drilling a rock sample from a spot on Mars nicknamed “Mary Anning,” NASA’s Curiosity rover took this selfie on October 25, 2020. Now, that sample has revealed organic molecules that have never ...
The Conversation

Did NASA’s Curiosity rover find signs of ancient life on Mars? An astrobiologist explains how we determine ‘life’

NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in Nature Communications. The researchers believe this organic matter may have ...
Phys.org

NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers metal‑rich hotspot tied to ancient Martian lake

A team of scientists using the ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has discovered the highest amounts of iron, manganese, and zinc ever found together in Gale Crater on Mars. Minerals ...