Scientists using NASA’s Curiosity rover have discovered siderite—an iron carbonate—in the sulfate-rich rocks of Gale Crater, ...

In those drill sites, Curiosity detected deposits containing an iron carbonate material called siderite. According to Ben ...

Samples drilled by the Curiosity rover on Mars have revealed abundant signs of a carbon cycle that remained hidden from ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has unearthed compelling evidence of a past carbon cycle on Mars, discovering siderite within Gale ...

NASA’s Mars rover has spotted something out of this world — a mysterious, skull-shaped elevation – sitting on a slope where star-gazers say it doesn’t belong. The mysterious rock – dubbe ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars on August 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 20 miles (34 kilometres) on the Martian surface. The Mars Curiosity rover was initially launched from Cape ...

Large carbon deposits have been found on Mars, suggesting it was once home to alien lifeforms. NASA’s Curiosity Rover discovered evidence of a carbon cycle below the Red Planet's surface.

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.

Mars orbits at an average distance of 142 million miles (228 million km) from the sun. Its orbit is about 1.5 times the size of Earth's. Sunlight takes about 13 minutes to get to Mars, while it ...

Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.