Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 billion years ago, the planet had rivers, lakes and even oceans with sandy ...

NASA has confirmed that the Curiosity rover has found compelling evidence that there were ponds and lakes on the surface of Mars in ancient times. Apparently, the information suggests that ripples ...

Mars has fascinated people for centuries, not only because it is our closest neighbor in space but also because of its ...

Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert ... In November 2022, NASA's Curiosity rover imaged the Amapari Marker Band in the foothills of Mount Sharp, located in Gale Crater.

A study using radar data from China's now-dead Zhurong rover finds strong evidence that Mars had a stable ocean ... a region far from NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers.

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior. When the rover rolled its 899-kilogram (1,982-pound) body over the rock in ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about whether Mars was ever able to support life.

New findings indicate that Mars' past conditions may have supported ... Reports from NASA’s Curiosity rover reveal evidence of ancient liquid water on Mars, challenging previous models.

The discovery, made by China's Zhurong rover during its 2021-2022 mission, reveals underground beach deposits that formed roughly 4 billion years ago when Mars was a warmer, wetter world. The findings ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover has spotted ancient wave ripples ... shallow water "that was open to the atmosphere". The findings suggest that Mars once had a more Earth-like climate, with an atmosphere ...