NASA’s rover has identified clay in its first drilled sample, signaling that the planet once had a wet and hospitable environment.
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Tests run on Martian soil samples indicate the presence of organic compounds, but the traces of carbon may or may not have come from once-living things.
NASA scientists are closely watching a dust storm on Mars that threatens to go global and interfere with rovers on the planet’s surface.
Hopes of finding life on the Red Planet have been deflated after NASA announced that Curiosity has yet to detect notable amounts of methane in the Martian atmosphere.
The Curiosity rover discovers pebbles that were likely formed by ancient streams on the Red Planet.
Researchers discover microbes in Oregon thriving in extreme, Mars-like conditions.
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