NASA Curiosity Shares Stunning 360 View of Mars

NASA Curiosity Shares Stunning 360 View of Mars With Strange White Rocks
The rover's latest discoveries, including pure sulfur stones and sprawling mineral "spiderwebs," unravel new mysteries of Mars' watery past.
NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
The Mars rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has slowly scaled Mount Sharp since 2014. This mountain, officially monikered "Aeolis Mons," was discovered in the 1970s; cut into its alien landscape is the boulder-packed Gediz Vallis channel, which some scientists believe to be an ancient river bed.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Uncovers Pure Sulfur Crystals on Mars in Historic Discovery
NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock. This finding is considered a significant scientific breakthrough, as pure sulfur had never been detected on Mars before.
NASA's Curiosity Rover About To Enter “Spiderweb” Region Of Mars' Mount Sharp
NASA’s Curiosity rover is ready to move out of the valley of Gediz Vallis and travel slow and steady for several months to a fascinating new area of great interest on Mount Sharp, a 5-kilometer (3-mile) tall mountain at the center of Gale crater.
NASA's Curiosity rover heads to new puzzling Martian destination
After a year of exploring a mysterious valley on Mars, NASA 's intrepid Curiosity rover is headed to a new destination with its own intrigue.
NASA's Curiosity Rover Shares 360 Panorama of Gediz Vallis Before Moving On
After 12 years exploring the red planet, NASA's Curiosity rover is still going strong. The robot has spent the past year meandering along the Gediz Vallis channel, which may have been an ancient river bed when Mars was wetter.
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‘Life on Mars?’ Is More Than a David Bowie Song—It’s a Question Humans Keep Asking
Following the 1990s discovery that Mars had once been a watery oasis in the solar system’s habitable zone, NASA devised a ...
Whoopsie, NASA Might Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars
However, for years, scientists have argued that the Viking's experimental techniques might’ve killed hygroscopic microbes ...
Is NASA Actually 'Killing' Life on Mars?
"The experiments performed by NASA's Viking landers may have accidentally killed Martian life by applying too much water," ...
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Did NASA's Perseverance rover really find organics on Mars? These scientists aren't so sure
Could Mars have once hosted life? NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered a tantalizing clue, but scientists remain divided ...
A NASA lander may have killed life on Mars, scientist claims — and colleagues took his theory ‘surprisingly well’
Life on Mars may have been found — before it was accidentally destroyed during a NASA mission nearly 50 years ago, one ...
NASA releases stunning images from Mars rover as it searches for evidence life could have existed
NASA scientists are hoping to understand the history of where they found the rocks — and for evidence of ancient microbial ...
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NASA Mars Scientists Ponder 'Peculiar Pale Pebbles' Mystery
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spots a scattering of bizarre bright white pebbles of a mysterious composition and origin.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Spots Mars Helicopter Ingenuity That Flew For The 72nd And Final Flight
The NASA Perseverance rover's left Mastcam-Z camera captured an image of Mars helicopter Ingenuity. The little Red Planet ...