Curiosity rover

NASA prepares for intense sun storms on Mars during ‘solar maximum’

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Two NASA spacecraft will pay special attention to increasing levels of radiation that bombard Mars during this year’s approaching solar maximum, to ...

Mars’ subsurface is ‘burping’ out methane and scientists aren’t sure why

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Since 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover has repeatedly detected methane on Mars, specifically near its landing site inside the 96-mile-wide (154 kilometers) Gale ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover begins exploring possible dried-up Red Planet river

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Currently in the twelfth year of its mission, NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to press on while treading the world of Mars, delving ...