Scientists using NASA’s Curiosity rover have discovered siderite—an iron carbonate—in the sulfate-rich rocks of Gale Crater, ...

Researchers may have found clues of possible ancient life beneath Mars' surface thanks to the Perseverance rover.

In a study co-authored by a Texas A&M University scientist, researchers have revealed new insights into the geological ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has revealed new clues about Mars' volcanic past. While most people searching for signs of alien ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered siderite, a carbonate mineral, in Mars’ Gale Crater, offering strong evidence that the ...

Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is a dry, rocky world. Its famous red color has earned it the nickname the Red Planet. Mars has fascinated people throughout history, and today, it is one of ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

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are in 30 cigar-sized tubes awaiting pickup by NASA's complex Mars Sample Return mission. — Curiosity Mars rover discovers largest organic molecules ever seen on Red Planet ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed on the Red Planet. The U.S. space agency's Perseverance and Curiosity ...