Curiosity
NASA Discovery Shows There Might be Little Green Microbes on Mars
A NASA rover may have recently found signs of one of life's building blocks on the Red Planet, but mystery surrounds some of the circumstances involving the discovery.
The Evolution of Planetary Rovers, in Pictures
On this day in 1970, Lunokhod 1 became the first planetary rover to explore another world. See how far we’ve come since then.
The Curiosity Rover Has Begun Drilling Into Its Most Interesting Target Yet
Curiosity has already answered its main science question, but it’s just getting to the thing it went to Mars to explore.
Hi-Res Photos Of Mars Adorn This Line Of Luxury Scarves
With "Mars, Revealed!" design studio Slow Factory has commemorated the two-year anniversary of the Curiosity rover's landing in a series of six sustainably-sourced scarves.
After a Decade on Mars, the Opportunity Rover Set the Off-World Driving Record
In all that time, the little rover has traversed 25 miles of the Red Planet.
Curiosity Has Made Some Truly Amazing Discoveries in Its First Martian Year
June 24 marked one Martian year—687 Earth days—that the rover has been active on the surface of our planetary neighbour, and it’s been a great Mars-year.
In a First, Curiosity Watched Mercury Transit the Sun from Mars
It's not the most visually stimulating thing in the world, but transits are a nice benchmark for how we're doing in the solar system.
If There Are Microbes on Mars, We Might Have Put Them There
Microbes stick to spacecraft, but are they hardy enough to survive the journey?
A Giant, Red Planet-Inspired Sandpit Will Test Europe's First Mars Rover
ExoMars needs to learn to navigate in Mars-like conditions before its 2018 mission.
How Mars Colonists Will See Earth and the Moon from the Night Sky
Here's what Earth looks like from 100 million miles away.
A Brief History of Finding Water on Mars
And what the most recent discovery means for uncovering the planet's living past.