AUSTIN (KXAN) — For more than a decade, the Curiosity rover has explored the surface of Mars. In just a few days, it will go dark as NASA loses contact with the Martian explorer. From Dec. 27 to Jan.

NASA’s search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover’s investigation of a ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is transforming into a Martian shutterbug. Since its spectacular landing on Sunday (Aug. 5 PDT) , the car-size rover has beamed home swift views of its Gale Crater landing ...

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for ...

A metallic-looking rock sitting on the Martian surface has jolted a mission that was already rewriting what we know about the Red Planet. After years of scanning dust, dunes and ancient lakebeds, a ...

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported Wednesday. They stressed that in-depth analysis ...

NASA's Curiosity rover captured a panoramic image of Mars that resembles an Earthly sunset. For over a decade, the Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for signs of past life. The rover took the ...

NASA has been sending missions to Mars to explore the planet and broaden our understanding, with rovers playing a central part. The term rover refers to a robotic vehicle used to explore distant ...

When a Mars rover accidentally crushed a small rock and exposed a flash of vivid yellow inside, it turned a routine drive into one of the most intriguing discoveries of the mission. The fractured ...