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NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

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"We have found a habitable environment," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the Curiosity mission. "The water that was here was so benign and supportive of life that if a ...

For years, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring the slopes of Mount Sharp inside the Red Planet's Gale Crater, looking for clues about Mars' watery past. Recently, Curiosity turned its ...

NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, recently captured a stunning photo of the Martian skies and landscape that offers researchers a glimpse at what the red planet looks like at different times of day. The ...

Scientists have announced the discovery of the largest organic molecules ever found on Mars. These molecules could have come from the breakdown of fatty acids that existed 3.7 billion years ago before ...

Curiosity rover, on its 3572nd sol, captured a panorama of a sulfate-enriched region on Mount Sharp, Mars, identified earlier by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The rover navigated challenging ...

There’s a very good reason NASA planners chose Mars’s Gale Crater as the landing site for the Curiosity Rover when it touched down on the Red Planet in the summer of 2012. Gale Crater was once Gale ...

Mars has long served as inspiration to many a science fiction writer in search of a home planet for their imagined extraterrestrials. But could the terrestrial red planet ever have actually been home ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 3 years old. This "alien doorway" ...