NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered a missing piece in the puzzle of Mars' past atmosphere. Scientists discovered ...

A NASA rover taking rock samples on Mars has uncovered a plentiful mineral that was invisible to orbiters studying the Red ...

Explore the latest discoveries about Mars' ancient carbon cycle revealed by NASA's Curiosity rover in Gale Crater.

NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars, offering new clues about the planet's ancient climate and potential habitability.

"The discovery of abundant siderite in Gale Crater represents both a surprising and important breakthrough in our ...

The siderite identified in Curiosity data helps confirm and refine models of Mars's early warm period, more than 3.5 billion ...

On its 4,500th sol (or Martian day), NASA's Mars rover Curiosity continued its climb of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) at the center of Gale Crater. Before it can ascend higher, though, the six-wheeled ...

A hydrothermal vent along the Mid-At­lantic Ridge. © Marum, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Around 66 million years ago ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a city-sized asteroid slammed into Earth near today’s Yucatán Peninsula, blasting out a huge crater named Chicxulub and unleashing chaos across the planet. Firestorms ...

This mosaic showing the Martian surface outside of Jezero Crater was taken by NASA’s Perseverance on Dec. 25, 2024, at the site where the rover cored a sample dubbed “Silver Mountain” from a ...