August 6 will mark five years since Nasa’s Curiosity rover landed on the planet Mars. The robot’s mission is to search for evidence on a layered mountain inside Gale Crater to learn if Mars once supported life on the red planet. […]
Mars scientists are wrestling with a problem. Ample evidence says ancient Mars was sometimes wet, with water flowing and pooling on the planet’s surface. […]
As Curiosity marks its fourth anniversary (in Earth years) since landing on Mars, the rover is working on collecting its 17th sample. While Curiosity explores Mars, gamers can join the fun via a new social media game, Mars Rover. […]
Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type not seen on Earth, and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere today provides new clues about the atmosphere’s history. […]
THE ABOVE VIDEO explores the most basic question of all: why we explore space? […]
