What does it take to keep a healthy robot alive and thriving on Mars for more than ten years? For the NASA Curiosity rover, it is a mix of excellent engineering, unrelenting evolution, and a healthy ...

Ask a first grader what they want to be when they grow up, and you might get teacher, astronaut or police officer. What does Sarah Kiger’s first grader, Charlie, want to be? “He tells us he wants to ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is getting a firsthand look at a region on Mars previously only seen from orbit that features a "boxwork" pattern, along with evidence of ancient waterways, including rivers, ...

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At one point or another, you may have gone online looking for a specific bit of information and found yourself "going down the Wiki rabbit hole" as you discover wholly new, ever-more fascinating ...

A surprise discovery in Gale Crater is the component that was missing in the puzzle of Mars's climate history. There, embedded in the bedrock, the Curiosity rover has identified a mineral called ...

NASA's Curiosity rover takes in a desolate view of Mars at Gale crater in 2021. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Cold, dry, and barren: Mars doesn't look like it could be a haven for life — at least not the ...

New findings from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity could provide an answer to the mystery of what happened to the planet’s ancient atmosphere and how Mars has evolved over time. Researchers have long ...

Each year, “Sober October” invites people around the world to pause and reflect on their relationship with alcohol. What began as a month-long challenge has grown into a cultural movement that ...