The rover has arrived at an area that may show evidence liquid water flowed on this part of Mars for much longer than previously thought.
Mars Curiosity
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Atmospheric Pressure Changes Could Be Driving Mars’ Elusive Methane Pulses
New research shows that atmospheric pressure fluctuations that pull gases up from underground could be responsible for releasing subsurface methane into Mars’ atmosphere; knowing when and where to look for […]
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Mars Missions Will Continue Astrobiology And Astrogeology Research During Solar Conjunction
Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet.
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Mars Curiosity Passes 4,000 Days Doing Astrobiology And Astrogeology
Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover remains busy conducting exciting science. The rover recently drilled its 39th sample […]
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Curiosity Rover Finds New Evidence Of Ancient Mars Rivers, A Key Signal For Life
New analysis of data from the Curiosity rover reveals that much of the craters on Mars today could have once been habitable rivers.
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Mars Astrobiology Droid Curiosity Arrives At Gediz Vallis Ridge
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover can be seen in this 3D rendering of Gediz Vallis Ridge, a formation the mission’s science team has long sought to explore. It took the mission […]
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Mars: New Evidence Of An Environment Conducive To The Emergence Of Life
The surface of Mars, unlike the Earth’s, is not constantly renewed by plate tectonics. This has resulted in the preservation of huge areas of terrain remarkable for their abundance in […]
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Accomplishments of the Curiosity Rover’s Chemistry and Mineralogy CheMin Instrument
Minerals are like a time capsule; they provide a record of what the environment was like at the time they formed. Different minerals are linked to different kinds of environments. […]
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Chemical Guidebook May Help Mars Rover Track Extraterrestrial Life
To help a NASA rover eventually hunt for life on Mars, scientists are writing a chemical guidebook to aid the search for extraterrestrial life. Using new imaging tools and earthly […]