NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

In those drill sites, Curiosity detected deposits containing an iron carbonate material called siderite. According to Ben ...

To study Mars’s chemical and mineral makeup, the Curiosity rover drills one to 1.5 inches down into the subsurface, then ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

Tutolo led a new study of rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover that might have answered this question. The mystery ...

Learn more about the Curiosity's carbonate discovery on Mars, and what it tells of about Mars' past and Earth's future.

The lead author of a new study pointing to more proof of water on Mars says it brings scientists a step closer to determining ...

Research from NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of a carbon cycle on ancient Mars, bringing scientists closer to an answer on whether the Red ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

The Curiosity rover identified hidden caches of the mineral siderite, which could help explain why Mars lost its habitable climate.