After 12 years exploring the red planet, NASA's Curiosity rover is still going strong. The robot has spent the past year meandering along the Gediz Vallis channel, which may have been an ancient river ...

The rover's latest discoveries, including pure sulfur stones and sprawling mineral "spiderwebs," unravel new mysteries of Mars' watery past.

Related: Little Mars 'snowman' spotted by NASA's Perseverance rover (photo) The view shows a number of the Martian features ...

Water ice in a Martian gully. This image, showing part of a region called Dao Vallis, was captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2009. Credit: NASA/JPL ...

A new study strengthens the theory that Mars’ magnetic field, which once supported a life-enabling atmosphere, may have lasted longer than previously believed. While the Red Planet is now cold ...

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers have been roaming Mars for years ... I would occasionally look at Gediz Vallis on our HiRISE maps and imagine what the view ...

Chinese rover finds geological signs suggesting ancient Martian ocean New evidence supports long-debated theory of water on Mars Martian features hint at an ancient ocean, raising hopes for past life ...

ChemCam will then take a long-distance RMI looking back at Gediz Vallis channel, which we have been driving away from. Mastcam is focusing on taking two mosaics of areas of rocks that exhibit light- ...

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The same is true on Mars: even at our carefully slow driving speed ... When I joined the mission back in 2020, I would occasionally look at Gediz Vallis on our HiRISE maps and imagine what the view ...

China’s Mars rover Zhurong has found additional evidence to support the theory that Mars was once a vast ocean world. The new findings include tracing some ancient coastlines that may have once ...