New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the ...

And last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured both noctilucent and shimmering cloud formations during a Martian sunset. Recorded by Curiosity’s Mastcam over 16 minutes on January 17 ...

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NASA's Curiosity rover photographed remnants of rippling waves in an ancient Martian lakebed, proving that the Red Planet had open water for longer in its history than previously thought.

For the first time, a Mars rover has measured the mass of the rocks beneath its wheels. By taking gravity measurements as it climbed a Martian mountain, Curiosity discovered something surprising ...

Captured by the Curiosity Rover, exploring the Red Planet, it used its Mastcam to record a 16-minute video of these colourful clouds on January 17, 2025. Although the composition of the atmosphere ...

In January 2023, NASA's Curiosity rover captured images of noctilucent clouds during a Martian sunset, including a rare category of iridescent bright noctilucent clouds that appear feather-shaped ...

In its search for life beyond Earth, NASA employs a "sky crane" maneuver to land the Curiosity rover on Mars. (Program not available for streaming.) Why go back to Mars? Far from dead ...

The launch in late 1996 of the Mars Pathfinder ... and the relatively huge Curiosity rover (get a sense of scale from our recent tour of JPL), the little Sojourner operated on the surface of ...

Captured by the Curiosity Rover, which has been exploring the Red Planet since 2012, the footage was recorded using its Mastcam. The clip reveals a stunning display of colours illuminating the ...

EVERY YEAR WE ARE GETTING A LOOK AT THE RECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MARS. NASA’S CURIOSITY ROVER SENT BACK THESE IMGES OF CLOUDS ON THE MARTIAN SURFACE. HOW ABOUT THAT? THEY’RE CALLED ...