...
...
[

curiosity rover news

]

NASA's Curiosity Rover records breathtaking video of colourful clouds on Mars

NASA's Curiosity Rover recorded vibrant clouds over Mars.
Published on Feb 14, 2025 05:24 PM IST

NASA's ‘mind-blowing’ Mars discovery: ‘Like finding an oasis in the desert’

NASA's Curiosity rover found these yellow crystals after driving over rocks. When cracked open, they revealed a surprise inside. Further analysis confirmed that the crystals are elemental sulfur, making it the first time this kind of sulfur has been found on Mars.
Published on Jul 23, 2024 04:27 AM IST

Scientists closer to solving methane mystery on Mars, says Nasa

Nasa Curiosity rover’s repeated detections of methane right above the surface of Gale Crater has captivated scientists and nonscientists alike.
Published on Jun 30, 2021 06:40 PM IST

NASA’s new Mars Rover will use x-rays to hunt fossils

Nearly every mission that has successfully landed on Mars, from the Viking landers to the Curiosity rover, has included an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer of some kind.
Updated on Sep 23, 2020 04:58 PM IST

Stargazing Curiosity rover captures images of Earth and Venus in Mars night sky

Two images of the night sky were combined to show Earth and Venus as seen by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on June 5, 2020. The planets appear as pinpoints of light owing to a combination of distance and dust in the air.
Updated on Jun 16, 2020 04:59 PM IST

A year later, NASA finds hacker used $35 computer to steal restricted data

Prior to detection, the attacker was able to exfiltrate 23 files amounting to approximately 500 megabytes of data, the report from NASA’s Office of inspector General said.
Updated on Jun 25, 2019 09:03 AM IST

Mars Curiosity rover tastes first sample in ‘clay-bearing unit’: NASA

Scientists are eager to analyse the sample for traces of clay minerals because they usually form in water.
Updated on Apr 13, 2019 05:23 PM IST

Martian soil developed in University of Central Florida on sale for $20 per kg

An image released by NASA on October 7, 2015 shows Martian sand dunes.
Updated on Sep 30, 2018 04:52 PM IST

Nasa’s Curiosity rover captures panoramic view of dusty Mars skies

This composite image made available by Nasa shows the Curiosity rover at Vera Rubin Ridge on Mars. A thin layer of dust is visible on the nuclear-powered rover, the result of a storm that enveloped the planet this summer. The darkish sky is from dust still in the atmosphere.
Updated on Sep 09, 2018 03:39 PM IST

Curiosity Rover celebrates sixth birthday alone on Mars, determined to ‘find life’

A low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called ‘Buckskin’ on lower Mount Sharp.
Updated on Aug 06, 2018 06:18 PM IST

NASA finds more building blocks of life on Mars

A low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called Buckskin on lower Mount Sharp.
Updated on Jun 08, 2018 11:27 AM IST