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Ten years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rolled onto the Martian soil on a mission to find any resemblance of life - a mission that still continues today with technology that defies expectations. The SUV-sized ...

Mars is a world entirely populated by robots: Orbiters and landers from a half-dozen space agencies scout its wafer-thin atmosphere and stark surface to unveil a surprisingly active past. On the ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars, offering new clues about the planet's ancient climate and potential habitability. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Images of knobbly rocks and rounded hills are delighting scientists as NASA’s Curiosity rover climbs Mount Sharp, a 5-mile-tall (8-kilometer-tall) mountain within the 96-mile-wide (154-kilometer-wide) ...

Space Exploration is once again rising to the top of the American consciousness with the successful launch of Space-X and the upcoming Mars Landing. NASA’S one-ton, hyper-sophisticated, car-sized Mars ...

A viral video claims to show footage of the surface of Mars captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover. It’s racked up a million views on X, formerly known as Twitter. Curiosity is one of five robotic ...

Landing a spacecraft that large on a planet like Mars isn't particularly easy, especially when it's being handled entirely by automated systems, but NASA did it. Tonight a new era in man's exploration ...

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NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back a striking new "postcard" from high on the slopes of the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, offering a dramatic look at the rugged Martian landscape the robot has been ...