Microbes can brew food in space — a game-changer for astronauts. Late Monday night, a Falcon 9 rocket pierced the sky above ...

Scientists are eager to find out whether Mars was once capable of supporting life, and according to new Curiosity findings, ...

Most scientists today agree that at least some water existed on the surface of Mars during the Noachian epoch, roughly 4.1 to 3.7 billion years ago.

The surface of Mars is extremely cold, irradiated, and desiccated. But at one time, the planet was much warmer and wetter, ...

Scientists using NASA’s Curiosity rover have discovered siderite—an iron carbonate—in the sulfate-rich rocks of Gale Crater, ...

In a study co-authored by a Texas A&M University scientist, researchers have revealed new insights into the geological ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced ...

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 ...

Tutolo led a new study of rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover that might have answered this question. The mystery ...

or Martian day 4,494 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission - at 17:06:34 UTC. I am always so impressed and proud when I stop to think about the incredible fleet of rovers we have safely landed and ...

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's pick to lead NASA will tell senators on Wednesday that the agency will prioritize an astronaut mission to Mars, while four astronauts in ...

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