NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for 14 years. See a new timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on its ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover had an unexpectedly stubborn Mars souvenir after drilling into a rock nicknamed “Atacama” — the entire ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has been roaming Mars for nearly 14 years, hunting for signs that it once hosted environments that could have allowed ancient microbes to thrive. But on April 25, the rover ran ...

Unexpected rock snag: On April 25, 2026, Curiosity’s drill lifted a loose slab called Atacama from Gale Crater’s surface, leaving it stuck to the drill sleeve. Six-day recovery: Engineers 300 million ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has found a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.

It’s tough being a robot trekking along the dry, arid terrain of another planet with no humans around. NASA’s Curiosity rover ...

Curiosity rover shook loose a 28-pound rock lodged on its drill, a first for the mission that’s been exploring Mars for more ...

"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity mission.

The Curiosity rover conducted a first-of-its kind experiment on Mars, detecting organic molecules that have never been observed before on the red planet.

The plan was routine. The rover was supposed to drill into the rock, collect a sample, and simply pull back. But it didn't ...