Video reveals heavy years of wear on Mars rover's wheels

NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for 14 years. See a new timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on its ...

Mars rover carries out chemistry experiment never done beyond Earth, discovers more building blocks of life

"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity mission.

NASA's Curiosity rover unexpectedly uproots rock during drill on Mars

The rock is estimated to be about 1.5 feet in diameter at its base, around 6 inches thick and weighs roughly 28.6 pounds or ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers ‘Origin-of-Life’ Molecules Never Before Seen on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has spent more than 13 years exploring the 3.5-billion-year-old Gale crater, slowly climbing a central mound known as Mount Sharp. Satellite data suggest this formation may ...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Had a Martian Rock Stuck on Its Arm for Days. Watch It Finally Shake the Stubborn Stone Off

While drilling has fractured rocks, this is the first time the instrument has ever accidentally pulled a whole chunk from the ...
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NASA rover captures weird 'spiderwebs' on Mars, giving scientists fresh hope of finding ancient life on the Red Planet

The water needed for sustaining life could have lasted much longer on Mars than thought ...