NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars has captured an amazing panorama of Gale Crater's rim and more from Mt. Sharp. The rover ...

On May 19, 2013, the 279th Martian day of its mission, NASA’s Curiosity rover drilled a hole about 0.6 inches wide and 2.6 ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover marked 5,000 Martian days by capturing morning and afternoon views that were blended into a striking ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover marked 5,000 Martian days by sending back a striking panorama that blends morning and afternoon views ...

Scientists think Mars was once much warmer and wetter than it is today, with a thicker atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide. Mars’ atmosphere today is still primarily carbon dioxide, but it is ...

NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life—with evidence for widespread ...

Was the planet Mars ever habitable and what conditions led to it becoming the uninhabitable world we see today? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Artist’s concept of the ancient lake in Gale crater on Mars. A new study says the former lake – and other icy lakes on Mars – could have remained liquid below the surface for decades or even longer ...

Washington, May 31 (PTI) Mars was capable of supporting life for much longer than previously believed, say scientists who have discovered “halos” of silica-rich bedrock on the red planet. The findings ...

Symmetrical wave ripples identified with NASA’s Curiosity rover in ancient lake deposits at Gale crater provide a key paleoclimate constraint for early Mars: At the time of ripple formation, climate ...

Learn about the analysis conducted on wave ripples in the Gale crater region of Mars, where ice-free ponds and lakes stood over 3 billion years ago. Although Mars is known for being a dry and desolate ...

Authors A.L. Roberts, S. Gupta, S.G. Banhan, A. Cowart, Lauren A. Edgar, W. Rapin, W.E. Dietrich, E.S. Kite, J.M. Davis, G. Caravaca, C.A. Mondro, P.J. Gasda, J.R ...