NASA’s Curiosity rover has delivered a rare nighttime glimpse of the Martian surface by illuminating a drill site nicknamed ...

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The NASA Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic molecules found to date on Mars, opening a window into the red planet’s past. The newly detected compounds suggest complex organic chemistry ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made its first measurements of the radiation environment at Mars' surface, gathering information that could help prepare future astronauts for stays on the Red Planet.

For more than a decade, a robotic explorer has been traveling across Mars, quietly collecting clues about a time when the Red Planet may have supported life. Now, new research based on an old rock ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has photographed a knobbly Martian rock that looks strikingly like a piece of ocean coral, a reminder ...

When NASA's next Mars rover, Curiosity, arrives at the Red Planet next month, it will help pave the way for the humans that might one day follow. In addition to looking for signs of current and past ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...