"Both of our workspaces this week contained features unlike quite anything we have seen in the past." ...

Fourteen years into its mission, the Curiosity rover is still finding features that leave its science team without a ready explanation. During a week of work on Mount Sharp in late August 2026, the ...

Uncrewed vehicles like the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers (as well as orbiters) have for years captured stunning photos of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The NASA Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic molecules found to date on Mars, opening a window into the red planet's ...

New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a region scientists had previously observed only from orbit. The images and data being collected are already raising new ...

A strange pattern in the soil of Mars has reopened the discussion that something may still be living on the long-dead planet.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has experienced some serious wear and tear during its nearly 14 years on the Red Planet. A new photo posted to Curiosity's raw image server offers a close-up of the damage ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Apr 26, 2025, 09:00am EDT NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark ...

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.