Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has assembled a string of chemical evidence from ancient Martian rocks that, taken together, builds ...

A NASA rover has used its last drop of a special chemical to analyze a Mars sample that may contain organics, the kinds of molecules life uses on Earth. After the Red Planet reemerged from conjunction ...

NASA's Curiosity rover snapped this view of polygon-patterned bedrock on May 4. Mars is home to a lot of odd-shaped rocks that can look pretty random. Patterns, however, can catch scientists’ eyes.

Curiosity has been the subject of countless selfies and images taken from space, but has never been photographed from Mars' own orbit. The reconnaissance orbiter, which has been circling Mars since ...

Thirteen years after landing on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover is running smarter and more efficiently than ever. With new autonomy and multitasking capabilities, it’s maximizing the output from its ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back down at the floor of Gale Crater from its location on Mount Sharp on Feb. 7, 2025, the 4,447th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

A rocky Martian feature, which resembles a crumbling street curb, is part of a boxwork pattern that stretches for miles in a section of Gale Crater that NASA's Curiosity rover is now exploring. Credit ...