In response to reports of the Trump administration aiming to slash NASA's 2026 science budget by nearly half, US Planetary ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

In those drill sites, Curiosity detected deposits containing an iron carbonate material called siderite. According to Ben ...

A photomosaic taken by the Curiosity rover on April 30, 2023, at one drill site in Gale Crater, Mars. Rock powder samples ...

The lead author of a new study pointing to more proof of water on Mars says it brings scientists a step closer to determining ...

Resarchers, including Dr. Michael Tice at Texas A&M University, use the sophisticated technology on NASA's Perseverance rover ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial ...

The find brings researchers closer to answering the question about whether Mars was ever capable of supporting life.

The bipartisan co-chairs of a congressional caucus have criticized proposed cuts in NASA’s science programs, marking the ...

The siderite identified in Curiosity data helps confirm and refine models of Mars's early warm period, more than 3.5 billion ...

To study Mars’s chemical and mineral makeup, the Curiosity rover drills one to 1.5 inches down into the subsurface, then ...