Gale Crater

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  NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends Stunning New Panorama From High on Mount Sharp on Mars

  NASA’s Curiosity rover has shared a new panorama from high on Mount Sharp, created from images taken across two Martian days. The colour-tinted view highlights changing light conditions and ancient boxwork formations shaped by groundwater, offering fresh insight into Mars’ past and the rover’s ongoing exploration inside Gale Crater.

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  NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends Stunning Sunrise-and-Sunset Holiday Postcard from Mars

  NASA’s Curiosity rover has released a festive holiday postcard from Mars, blending a Martian sunrise and sunset into a single panoramic image. Captured on November 18, 2025, the view combines a blue-tinted morning sky with a golden afternoon hue, showcasing Gale Crater in striking detail. Created by stitching images taken hours apart, the artisti...

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  Curiosity Explores Polygon-Covered Rocks in Monte Grande Hollow During Sols 4743-4749

  Curiosity’s drive through Monte Grande hollow reveals polygon-covered bedrock, enabling detailed imaging, chemical analysis, and 3D modeling of Martian fractures.

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  NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Ancient Coral-Like Rock on Mars

  On July 24, 2025, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured an image of a small, coral-shaped rock in Gale Crater using its ChemCam Remote Micro Imager. The light-colored, 1-inch (2.5 cm) formation likely formed billions of years ago when mineral-rich water seeped into tiny fractures in the rock, leaving behind hardened mineral veins after evaporation...

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  NASA Curiosity Rover Potentially Deciphers Mars’ Missing Carbonate Mystery

  NASA’s Curiosity rover potentially ended the mystery of the ancient atmosphere and missing carbonates. The research uncovers the potential reasons behind the temperature of the planet Mars and how it has supported the liquid water on the planet. Explore the findings and the discoveries made by NASA’s Curiosity rover.

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  Curiosity Rover Finds Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars, Expanding Habitability Timeline

  Reports from NASA’s Curiosity rover reveal evidence of ancient liquid water on Mars, challenging previous models. Images from Gale Crater show wave-like ripples, similar to Earth’s lakebeds. Scientists suggest the findings indicate Mars once had a denser atmosphere, which allowed liquid water to exist longer than previously believed. This disco...

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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Provides Insights into Mars' Uninhabitable Climate

  NASA's Curiosity rover is providing new insights into how Mars transformed from a potentially habitable planet, abundant in liquid water, to the inhospitable landscape seen today. Researchers discovered that carbon-rich minerals found in Gale Crater indicate extreme evaporation and suggest the planet's climate could support only transient liquid wa...

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  NASA Curiosity Rover’s Wheels Endure Damage Yet Continue to Operate Effectively on Mars

  NASA's Curiosity rover has been traversing Mars for over 12 years, and its wheels have endured significant wear and tear. Recent images reveal extensive damage, including dents and tears, yet the rover continues to function effectively. Since its landing in Gale Crater in 2012, Curiosity has travelled approximately 20 miles (32 kilometres) over rug...

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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Opal Gems On Mars In Search For Signs Of Water

  The Curiosity rover is currently exploring the Gale crater at the equator of the Sun-blasted planet.

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  NASA’s Curiosity Rover Completes 10 Years of Exploring Mars — Here’s What It Has Found So Far

  NASA's Curiosity rover launched on November 26, 2011, and made its descent on the Martian surface on August 5, 2012. The rover has so far covered 29 kilometres and ascended 625 metres on the Gale crater, where it landed.

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  After "Alien Doorway", NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Bizarre Spikes On Mars

  Structures like these, called hoodoos, are also found in some places on Earth. Geologists believe that these tall and thin spires are formed by erosional process.

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  Life on Mars: NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Intriguing Carbon Signatures on the Red Planet

  NASA said its Curiosity rover, looking for signs of life on Mars' Gale Crater, has found intriguing carbon signatures. While this is no definite suggestion that Curiosity has found proof of ancient microbial life, it does, however, suggest its possibility.

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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Captures Stunning Image of Martian Clouds at Twilight

  NASA's Curiosity Rover that touched down on Mars in 2021 continues to share stunning pictures of Mars. The latest of the Martian clouds was captured by the rover's navigation camera at the beginning of the Gale crater's cloudy season.

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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Data Hints at Ancient Megaflood on Mars: Study

  Flash floods of “unimaginable magnitude” once washed through Gale Crater on Mars' equator around four billion years ago, according to a study which hints at the possibility that life may have existed on the Red Planet.

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  Far From Home, Mars Rover Celebrates Its 6th Birthday Alone On Red Planet

  The Mars Curiosity Rover celebrated its sixth landing anniversary through a tweet on Sunday. "I touched down on #Mars six years ago," tweet from the official handle @MarsCuriosity reads.