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Learn more about the Curiosity's carbonate discovery on Mars, and what it tells of about Mars' past and Earth's future.

The six-wheeled explorer recently captured several Red Planet mini-twisters spinning on the rim of Jezero Crater.

Written by Susanne Schwenzer, Planetary Geologist at The Open University

Earth planning date: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025

The rover captured a 360-degree panorama before leaving Gediz Vallis channel, a feature it's been exploring for the past year.

Earth planning date: Monday, June 24, 2024 This will be an important week for chemistry on our latest drill sample "Mammoth Lakes 2."  Curiosity's primary goal today was a preconditioning of the SAM instrument in preparation for its chemical analysis. Due to the large amounts of power required by SAM, today's science block was limited […]

The rover will spend months exploring the Gediz Vallis channel, which could contain clues to the history of liquid water on Mars

Is there life on Mars? The planet's ancient water history might have some answers.

It's dust season on the Red Planet.

NASA's Curiosity rover spotted a rock formation on Mars that looks just like Star Trek's signature Starfleet symbol.

When NASA's Curiosity Mars rover isn't on the move, it works pretty well as a sundial, as seen in two black-and-white videos recorded on Nov. 8, the 4,002nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover captured its own shadow shifting across the surface of Mars using its black-and-white Hazard-Avoidance Cameras, or Hazcams.

The mission team is making sure the robotic scientist, now in its fourth extended mission, is staying strong, despite wear and tear from its 11-year journey.

After 3 attempts, NASA's Curiosity rover has finally reached a large ridge composed of ancient mud and rocks. The ridge preserves a record of Mars' wet past.

Recent research by NASA's Curiosity Rover on Mars has unveiled intriguing evidence suggesting that the planet may have once supported life.

Lighting from two times of day was combined for a stunning view of the terrain that the rover is leaving behind. After completing a major software update in April, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took a last look at "Marker Band Valley" before leaving it behind, capturing a "postcard" of the scene.

A striking new postcard from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the Marker Band Valley region of Mars in the morning and the afternoon.

After completing a major software update in April, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took a last look at "Marker Band Valley" before leaving it behind, capturing a "postcard" of the scene.

It's the clearest evidence of waves and water the Curiosity rover has ever found.

NASA's Curiosity rover has found wave-rippled rocks – evidence of an ancient lake – in an area of the planet expected to be drier, the US space agency said Wednesday.

NASA's Curiosity rover has found wave-rippled rocks -- evidence of an ancient lake -- in an area of the planet expected to be drier, the US space agency said Wednesday."This is the best evidence of water and waves that we've seen in the entire mission," said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity's project scie...