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NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered opal on Mars. The deposits may prove to be valuable to future Martian explorers not as jewelry but as a potential source of water.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Mars, Minerals, Geology, Water, Curios… Continue reading Curiosity finds opal on Mars – a possible water source for astronauts
Imagine the scene: You’re puttering along in your vehicle when, at least an hour from the nearest help, one of your tires starts losing air. Not to worry! You’ve got …read more Continue reading Martian Wheel Control Algorithms Gain Traction
NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected high amounts of an unexpected form of carbon on Mars. That might not sound too exciting, but the kicker is that here on Earth, this chemical signature is usually associated with life.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, … Continue reading Curiosity detects carbon signature on Mars that, on Earth, indicates life
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring Gale crater for nine years, and the sediments it’s been studying look an awful lot like those left behind from an ancient lake. But now new research from the University of Hong Kong proposes a much drier explan… Continue reading Curiosity might not have landed in a lake after all, says new model
A team of NASA scientists may have resolved a mystery surrounding disappearing methane on Mars, that was detectable by NASA’s Curiosity rover but absent in readings taken by an orbiting ESA spacecraft. The tiny amounts of methane detected by the rover … Continue reading NASA scientists may have solved a vanishing methane mystery on Mars
While clouds exist on Mars, they aren’t as common an occurrence as they are here on Earth owing to the thin and dry atmosphere encircling the Red Planet. NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured a rare perspective of them at an unexpected time and location,… Continue reading Curiosity rover captures rare images of shimmering clouds on Mars
Mars may be incredibly dry and dusty today, but evidence continues to pile up that it was once a very watery world. Now the Curiosity rover has found signs of an ancient flood of biblical proportions, most likely kicked off by a climate-changing astero… Continue reading Curiosity finds evidence of ancient megaflood on Mars
For over a year, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has been investigating the clay-bearing unit in the Gale Crater. Now the space agency has announced that the intrepid explorer is on the move again, starting a summer-long journey to a higher part of Mount S… Continue reading Curiosity begins months-long journey to higher ground
Organic compounds have been discovered on Mars in recent years – but how did they get there? A new study examines the different ways that one type in particular, thiophene, may have formed, and intriguingly one of the most plausible scenarios involves … Continue reading Organic molecules on Mars may be evidence of ancient life
NASA has used Curiosity’s cameras to capture many images of Mars since touching down on the Red Planet seven years ago, but none quite as detailed as this. Its latest panorama of Mars is the highest-resolution version that NASA has ever put together, s… Continue reading NASA’s Curiosity rover captures most detailed panorama of Mars yet