Mars was not always a desert, study says red planet once had wet-dry climate conducive to supporting lifeNASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence that Mars may have once had wet and dry seasons changing like those on Earth, according to a stud...
10 Aug, 2023, 08.48 AM IST
NASA Curiosity rover analysing Mars rocks againOn May 20, a technique called "feed extended drilling" allowed Curiosity to drill its first rock sample since October 2016.
05 Jun, 2018, 01.22 PM IST
- NASA Rover's images similar to trace fossils on Mars: Scientists
London, Jan 6 (IANS) NASA's Curosity Rover have revealed impressions that look "remarkably similar" to trace fossils on Mars, scientists, i...
06 Jan, 2018, 02.02 PM IST
Ancient lake on Mars harboured diverse microbial life: Study"These were very different, co-existing environments in the same lake," said Joel Hurowitz of Stony Brook University in the US.
02 Jun, 2017, 03.50 PM IST
- NASA's Curiosity rover on fresh drive to explore life
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) After collecting some key samples on the Red Planet for the past four years, NASA's Curiosity rover is driving tow...
04 Oct, 2016, 01.15 PM IST
Elon Musk to share his plans for colonizing Mars in 67th International Astronautical CongressMusk's keynote address, entitled "Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species", will tackle the technical challenges and "potential architecture...
24 Sep, 2016, 11.20 AM IST
- Curiosity rover uncovers layered rock formations on Mars
New York, Sep 13 (IANS) NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has sent back spectacular colour images of layered rock formations on the Red Planet.
13 Sep, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
Curiosity views spectacular rock formations on MarsThe new images represent Curiosity's last stop in the Murray Buttes, where the rover has been driving for just over one month.
11 Sep, 2016, 01.41 PM IST
Ancient Mars had long-lasting lakes, rivers: NASAMars harboured long-lasting lakes and water streams about 3.8 to 3.3 billion years ago, boosting the odds that life may have once existed o...
09 Oct, 2015, 05.02 PM IST
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity inspects unusual bedrockHigh levels of silica in the rock could indicate ideal conditions for preserving ancient organic material, if present, so the team wants to...
30 Jul, 2015, 05.51 PM IST
Curiosity set to drill into crystal-rich rock on MarsIn the first round, the rover drove about 110 metres and scouted sites ranging about 9 metres in elevation. Then it investigated selected s...
15 Jan, 2015, 03.06 PM IST
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Evidence Of Water On Mars10 Dec, 2014, 04.19 PM IST
New evidence of water on Mars: NASAThe American space agency said Mars's Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years.
09 Dec, 2014, 12.52 PM IST
NASA Curiosity rover to probe mysterious rocks on MarsExposed layers on the lower portion of Mount Sharp are expected to hold evidence about dramatic changes in the environmental evolution of M...
21 Nov, 2014, 12.47 PM IST