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New Mars Curiosity Rover Findings Suggest Life On The Red Planet, High Methane Levels Indicate Organic Source

New Mars Curiosity Rover Findings Suggest Life On The Red Planet, High Methane Levels Indicate Organic Source

NASA’s Curiosity Rover found possible signs of life on the red planet this week, in findings published Saturday in The New York Times. However, it’s far too early to conclude that life exists, or ever did exist, on Mars. On Wednesday, the spacecraft, which has already exceeded its planned mission’s life by several years, took […]

5y ago

Curiosity Rover Breaks Mission Record, Snaps Selfie To Celebrate

Curiosity Rover Breaks Mission Record, Snaps Selfie To Celebrate

NASA’s Curiosity rover has just reached an important milestone. After nearly seven years of trekking the red planet, the six-wheeled robot has stumbled upon a cache of clay minerals larger than anything detected in all of its years on Mars. The momentous discovery was made on the slope of Mount Sharp – the 3.4-mile-high mountain […]

5y ago

Curiosity Rover Conquers New Ground On Mars

Curiosity Rover Conquers New Ground On Mars

After much planning, long hours of observation, and a change of scenery meant to unravel even more of the red planet’s deep mysteries, the Mars Curiosity rover has hit a new historic milestone in its trek to explore and investigate the Martian landscape. This week, the intrepid robot successfully snagged its first drilled sample in […]

5y ago

Mars Curiosity Rover Spots Two Solar Eclipses On The Red Planet

Mars Curiosity Rover Spots Two Solar Eclipses On The Red Planet

Solar eclipses are a wondrous thing to behold here on Earth, but witnessing an eclipse on another planet imbues the astronomical event with an even deeper air of mystery and fascination. While human eyes can only vicariously experience the sight of an alien solar eclipse, some space travelers do boast the privilege of beholding such […]

5y ago

New Mars Fungus May Show Evidence Of Life On Red Planet

New Mars Fungus May Show Evidence Of Life On Red Planet

The Curiosity Rover has purportedly sent back photos of actual, growing mushrooms, other fungi, and algae on the surface of Mars, the Daily Express is reporting. At least, that’s the claim being made by a scientific journal that reviewed photos from the rover. At this point, it bears noting that, as of this writing, NASA […]

5y ago

Stunning NASA Video Captures 360-Degree Panorama Of Mars

Stunning NASA Video Captures 360-Degree Panorama Of Mars

A thrilling new video released by NASA on Friday offers an unprecedented view of the Vera Rubin Ridge on Mars – a complex mosaic of rock which housed the Curiosity rover for the past year. The amazing video unveils a 360-degree panorama of this intriguing Martian location, found within the famous Gale Crater – the […]

5y ago

Curiosity Rover Makes Incredible Find On The Slopes Of Martian Mountain

Curiosity Rover Makes Incredible Find On The Slopes Of Martian Mountain

NASA’s Curiosity rover has made an unexpected discovery while trekking the slopes of Mount Sharp — a 3.4-mile-high mountain rising in the middle of Gale Crater on Mars. For the first time ever, the six-wheeled robot has managed to measure the gravity of the Martian ground and to reveal the density of this imposing mountain, […]

5y ago

The Curiosity Rover Has Returned To Vera Rubin Ridge To Investigate An Unusually Smooth And Shiny Rock On Mars

The Curiosity Rover Has Returned To Vera Rubin Ridge To Investigate An Unusually Smooth And Shiny Rock On Mars

While the world has been busy cheering over the successful landing of NASA’s InSight on Mars, the Curiosity rover is on a mission to study an unusually smooth and shiny rock on the Red Planet. This strange rock, which has been given the nickname of Little Colonsay, was originally detected at Vera Rubin Ridge, and […]

6y ago

Curiosity Tweets Touching Message Ahead Of The InSight Mars Landing

Curiosity Tweets Touching Message Ahead Of The InSight Mars Landing

With only one day left until NASA’s historic InSight mission finally touches down on the red planet, everyone is excited to see the latest Mars lander descend on the dusty terrain of our planetary neighbor. This includes the intrepid Curiosity rover — whose team took to Twitter to share their enthusiasm ahead of the big […]

6y ago

Curiosity Rover Spots Something Different On Mars

Curiosity Rover Spots Something Different On Mars

After taking some time off to deal with a technical issue, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover is back to work and already has something interesting to show us. In mid-September, the six-wheeled robot experienced a data transmission problem that eventually prompted the Curiosity team to swap its active computer with the one originally used by the […]

6y ago

Curiosity Rover Switches ‘Brains’ To Deal With A Computer Hiccup

Curiosity Rover Switches ‘Brains’ To Deal With A Computer Hiccup

Plagued by its fair share of technical woes in the six years it has been operational on Mars, the Curiosity rover has hit yet another snag and is currently unable to transmit some of its data back to Earth. According to CNET, the six-wheeled robot has been experiencing a minor issue with its active computer […]

6y ago

A New Study Suggests The Gale Crater Rocks Found On Mars Were Created Out Of Intraplate Volcanoes

A New Study Suggests The Gale Crater Rocks Found On Mars Were Created Out Of Intraplate Volcanoes

In a new study, a Cornell University scientist has suggested that Mars may not have a continental crust like Earth, and proposes the theory that its Gale Crater rocks were actually created out of intraplate volcanoes on the planet. After the NASA Curiosity rover drilled deeply into the Gale Crater three years ago, research was […]

6y ago

Scientist Claims To Have Found Alien Fossils On Mars But NASA Is Allegedly Covering It Up

Scientist Claims To Have Found Alien Fossils On Mars But NASA Is Allegedly Covering It Up

Barry DiGregorio, a scientist, called out NASA for trying to conceal the truth about the possible existence of alien life on Mars. He alleged that the agency deliberately disregarded the photos showing what looks like to be trace fossils created by soft-bodied life forms. The scientist revealed that the pictures were taken by NASA’s own […]

6y ago

NASA Is Considering The Use Of A Quadcopter To Explore The Surface Of Saturn’s Moon Titan

NASA Is Considering The Use Of A Quadcopter To Explore The Surface Of Saturn’s Moon Titan

Scientists have long been curious about Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and now an exciting new project known as Dragonfly is being seriously considered by NASA, which would see a quadcopter zipping around the surface of the moon and exploring Titan in-depth. One of the biggest advantages of using a quadcopter, which is very similar to […]

6y ago

NASA Celebrates Curiosity Rover’s Five Years On Mars With Composite ‘Selfies’

NASA Celebrates Curiosity Rover’s Five Years On Mars With Composite ‘Selfies’

For the past five-plus years, Mars’ Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars, sending interesting findings back home to Earth, with many more details about the Red Planet yet to be discovered. But even if it wasn’t the actual anniversary of Curiosity landing on Mars – that took place in August 2012 – NASA took time […]

6y ago

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Mysterious ‘Stick-Like Figures’ On Mars, And Nobody Knows What They Are

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Mysterious ‘Stick-Like Figures’ On Mars, And Nobody Knows What They Are

The Curiosity rover stumbled upon yet another intriguing sight while trekking across the Red Planet. The robot’s first batch of 2018 Mars photos includes a puzzling image of bizarre “stick-like figures” etched in Martian rocks in a region of the Vera Rubin Ridge, a popular exploration target of NASA’s Curiosity rover. The image was taken […]

6y ago

NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover To Offer Unparalleled View Of Red Planet With 23 Cameras

NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover To Offer Unparalleled View Of Red Planet With 23 Cameras

NASA’s upcoming mission to Mars will mark another milestone for camera technology, as the Mars 2020 rover will be equipped with an unprecedented number of cameras. This should allow for an extremely crisp and clear view of the Red Planet and its surface, as well as more accurate science observations as the rover’s “eyes” work […]

7y ago

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Large Alien ‘Batmobile’ Object On Mars, Reddit Users Debate What Object Is

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Large Alien ‘Batmobile’ Object On Mars, Reddit Users Debate What Object Is

While NASA’s Curiosity Rover has captured many strange alien-like images on Mars, Reddit users are currently locked in a debate as to whether alien life exists on the planet after pictures have come back which purportedly show what appears to be a large object, which one user has referred to as “the old Batmobile.” This […]

7y ago

NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Photographed Climbing Up Mount Sharp By Mars Orbiter Camera — See The Photo

NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Photographed Climbing Up Mount Sharp By Mars Orbiter Camera — See The Photo

NASA’s Curiosity rover has been photographed climbing up Lower Mount Sharp using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Telegraph reports. The image of the rover, which shows a tiny speck of blue surrounded by a copper-colored backdrop, was captured by NASA’s Mars Orbiter camera (HiRISE) on June 5. The HiRISE camera captures images of the Mars […]

7y ago

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Found Diverse Mineral Content On Red Planet: Another Sign Of Ancient Life On Mars?

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Found Diverse Mineral Content On Red Planet: Another Sign Of Ancient Life On Mars?

A new study has revealed that NASA’s Curiosity rover had discovered a wide range of minerals on the Martian surface. This was based on rock samples collected from the lowermost layers of Mount Sharp. After analyzing the findings, researchers believe this diverse mineral content is a sign Mars didn’t just have liquid water, but that […]

7y ago

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