But Curiosity wasn't the only one with a geological mystery. At the same time, roughly 2,300 miles away on the other side of ...

New research indicates that Martian dust may pose a serious health risk to astronauts, increasing the likelihood of ...

Martian dust contains hazardous substances like silica, perchlorates, nanophase iron oxides and toxic metals, which can cause ...

NASA’s Opportunity Rover survived years on Mars, but a massive dust storm may have finally ended its mission. With solar panels covered in dust and communication lost, scientists wait to see if ...

A science experiment aboard NASA's Curiosity rover has found tantalizing traces of possible past life on Mars. But there could be other explanations for where these compounds came from.

The study comes just when NASA’s Curiosity rover detected the largest organic compounds ever found on Mars. But while that ...

The NASA rover "Curiosity" discovered what scientists say is the largest ever seen organic molecules on Mars, raising ...

NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS When scientists revisited an old Martian rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover, they were ... compounds ever documented on Mars. The compounds date to 3.7 ...

Researchers found that the size of a Martian dust particle is quite small (it is about 4% the width of a human hair), which ...

The NASA Curiosity rover has discovered the largest organic compounds ever found on Mars, suggesting that the conditions for life to develop could have been present on the planet billions of years ...

The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm the existence of the largest organic molecules ever found on the Red Planet. The trio of long-chain compounds preserved in Martian ...

With its iconic rusty hue, Mars has long been ... is being explored by the Curiosity rover). The best way to really solve this puzzle would be to get a sample of Mars dust into our labs back ...