High above the floor of Gale Crater, a series of rhythmic ridges etched into a dark rock layer has upended the established timeline of Martian desiccation. For over a decade, the NASA Mars Science ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a cold, desert world within our solar system. It has a very thin atmosphere, but ...

Each of Curiosity's six wheels is just 0.75 millimeters thick, about half the thickness of a U.S. dime. Machined from a ...

At this site in Mars' southern hemisphere, an ancient river once flowed into a lake. The area abounds with phyllosilicates, clay-like minerals that preserve a record of long-term contact with water.

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale crater.

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission set down a large mobile laboratory, the rover Curiosity, using precision-landing technology that makes many of Mars’ most intriguing regions viable destinations ...