NASA's Curiosity rover is continuing to help scientists piece together the mystery of how Mars lost its surface water over the course of billions of years.   The rover drilled into a piece of Martian rock called Cumberland and found some ancient water hidden within it. Researchers were then able to

Mount Sharp, officially known as Aeolis Mons, forms the central peak within a very large crater named Gale that is 155 km in diameter. The mountain stands about 5 km tall, its lower flanks exposing hundreds of rock layers. The rock layers – alternating between lake, river and wind deposits – bear

The new findings combine more than two years of data collected by the rover since its sky-crane landing inside Gale Crater in August 2012. Scientists discovered stacks of rocks containing water-deposited sediments inclined toward the crater’s centre, which now sports a three-mile (5km) mound called

These amazing images show the planet Mars passing below two nebulas. Astrophotographer Derek Demeter took the images from the Stardust Ranch in Okeechobee, Florida. Demeter is the director of the Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust Planetarium at Seminole State College of Florida. The photos capture Mars

Comet Siding Spring traveled from the most distant region of our Solar System, the Oort Cloud. It made a close approach to Mars on October 19, 2014, within about 139,500 km of the planet. Dust from the comet impacted Mars and was vaporized high in the atmosphere, producing what was likely an