NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered some intriguing organic compounds on Mars that could be signs of ancient Mars life, but testing that hypothesis will take a lot more work. Researchers report in a new study that some of the powdered rock … Read More
NASA’s Perseverance rover has given us an otherworldly skywatching treat — the minuscule Mars moon Deimos, twinkling in the dusty Red Planet skies. “Skywatching is fun no matter where you are. I took this short time-lapse movie to watch for … Read More
Can you spot the Mars rover in this view from NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter? Last week, while flying over the surface of Mars for the 11th time, the little helicopter caught a glimpse of its “mothership” — NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed … Read More
It has been nine long years since NASA’s Curiosity rover has been on Mars. The car-sized rover was launched in November 2011 and it touched down on the Red Planet on August 6, 2012. It has sent back enormous volumes … Read More
Although Mars has a lot of wind and dust devils, it’s not really famous for its clouds like Earth is. This is one of the reasons why NASA’s Curiosity rover’s images of Martian clouds are so beautiful. Scientists had noticed … Read More
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured a dramatic image last month of Curiosity ascending Mont Mercou, a landform on the slopes of the Red Planet’s 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mount Sharp. The image was taken on April 18 by MRO’s High Resolution Imaging Science … Read More