Could recycled sewage grow crops on the Moon and Mars? This is what a recent study published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry ...
For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy ...
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured images of hilly terrain on Mars, described by scientists as resembling spiderwebs from orbit, which provide clues about the planet’s watery past.
Scientists think groundwater once moved through fractures in bedrock which resulted in the infamous stone latticework.
Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...
Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality.
The rover also discovered bumpy textures called nodules, an obvious sign of past groundwater that has been spotted many times by Curiosity and other Mars missions. Unexpectedly, these nodules were not ...
Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.
Curiosity has been exploring a region filled with boxwork formations, which formed billions of years ago when water leaked through rock cracks.
NASA’s Curiosity rover has finally completed its focused survey of the so-called spiderwebs of Mars, providing us the first close-up look at a massive network of geologic ridges on Mount Sharp.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover approaches Mars in this Feb. 18, 2020, top-down still image captured by a camera on the rover’s ...