NASA Experiment Suggests Need to Dig Deep for Evidence of Life on Mars
According to a new NASA laboratory experiment, rovers may have to dig about 6.6 feet (two meters) or more under ...
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NASA's Curiosity takes inventory of key life ingredient on Mars
Scientists using data from NASA's Curiosity rover measured the total organic carbon - a key component in the molecules of ...
Multiple Lab Analyses of Antarctic Minerals Offer a Better Understanding of Mars
Results of multiple and complementary lab analyses of minerals found in samples of material from Antarctica could give scientists a ...
Curiosity latest drilling attempt a success – Sols 3514-3516
The MSL team is very happy this week, because our first drill attempt since last November was successful! This Front ...
Drilling Again – Sols 3512-3513
Today was an exciting day of planning (and not just because of the thunderstorms here in southern California!). We planned ...
Fine-grained rocks at Hogwallow Flats
Perseverance's exploration of the Hawksbill Gap area of the Jezero Delta continues! The rover has abraded at two different locations ...
NASA Mars Orbiter Releasing One of Its Last Rainbow-Colored Maps
Scientists are about to get a new look at Mars, thanks to a multicolored 5.6-gigapixel map. Covering 86% of the ...
On the Cusp of Drilling: Sol 3511
It has been almost 8 months to the day since Curiosity powered up its drill and extracted tailings from a ...
NASA's Curiosity Captures Stunning Views of a Changing Mars Landscape
Striking rock formations documented by the rover provide evidence of a drying climate in the Red Planet's ancient past. For ...
A Long History of Flowing Water Recorded in Clay-Bearing Sediments on Mars
A region on Mars may have been repeatedly habitable until relatively late in Martian history, says a new paper by ...