Imagine trying to land an SUV-sized rover on another world. That's definitely enough of a challenge on its own, but picture doing so while the rover hangs perilously beneath a hovering sky crane, ...

Though it has been scouring the Martian surface for more than a decade, NASA's Curiosity rover has never been imaged from above within the planet's atmosphere – until now. Far from being camera shy, ...

NASA's two Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance, made groundbreaking detections on the Red Planet in the summer of 2024. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration This summer NASA's two car-sized ...

On a cold, thin-aired world where sound barely carries, a NASA rover has picked up something that should not be possible: the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover uncovered yellow elemental sulfur in a Martian rock, challenging geological assumptions and raising questions about the planet’s chemical history.

What better way there is to spend a day without any tasks than to sit around all day and do nothing, and only watch how the day changes in Mars. Yes, this is what the Curiosity rover did in its recent ...

NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, recently captured a stunning photo of the Martian skies and landscape that offers researchers a glimpse at what the red planet looks like at different times of day. The ...

Fourth time's the charm. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Monday (Sept. 18), NASA confirmed that, after three failed attempts, ...

A few weeks ago, NASA’s robotic Mars explorers were given some time off from hard work while the agency waited out Mars solar conjunction, a natural phenomenon that could interfere with their ...

Gediz Vallis, some scientists believe, used to be filled with running water on Mars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Currently in ...

While NASA’s newer Perseverance rover tends to get all the headlines these days, the Curiosity rover also continues to explore the surface of Mars more than a decade after it reached the red planet.

NASA's Artemis II mission offers a unique chance for global citizens to send their names on a digital memory card circling ...