The 3.7-billion-year-old formations in the planet's Gale Crater suggest the presence of long-gone bodies of liquid water, ...

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It was sent back by NASA’s Curiosity rover on May 7, 2022 as it traveled through the red planet’s Mount Sharp region. It wasn’t, of course, anything of the sort—merely a crevice resulting ...

An curved arrow pointing right. These photos from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover showcase the incredible surface of the red planet, and selfies of the rovers themselves. However, there is one thing ...

The image is the result of more than 1,000 individual photos taken during Thanksgiving 2019. With the Curiosity mission team on break for the holiday, the rover used its downtime productively ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. A close-up photo taken by the Curiosity rover shows pure yellow sulfur crystals within a rock. NASA’s Curiosity rover ran over a rock ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The rover talks to earth by sending radio waves ... by the planet's weak gravitational pull. In 2013, the Curiosity took photos of the two small moons eclipsing each other in an otherworldly ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover is navigating the northern end of Texoli Butte on Mars, uncovering ancient sedimentary layers. Recent challenges forced the rover to stop its drive earlier than planned ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover is navigating the northern end of Texoli Butte on Mars, uncovering ancient sedimentary layers. Recent challenges forced the rover to stop its drive earlier than planned ...

Twelve years ago, NASA made history with its Curiosity rover by landing it on Mars using a revolutionary technique known as the sky crane maneuver. NASA's Curiosity rover has made a remarkable ...