In virtual experiments, AI repeatedly misread dead digital organisms as self-replicating life.

Investigating an area of interesting light rock seen from orbit, Curiosity found some particularly weird-looking structures.

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NASA shared a timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on the Curiosity rover's wheels. The car-sized rover has been exploring Mars' Gale Crater since 2012, far exceeding its two-year mission plan ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover keeps cruisin’ and can’t stop, won’t stop movin’—except when its drill got stuck in some rock. The problem started on April 25. That date was supposed to be Curiosity’s ...

It’s tough being a robot trekking along the dry, arid terrain of another planet with no humans around. NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent the past 13 years drilling through samples on Mars, and one rock ...

The Curiosity rover has uncovered the most diverse array of organic molecules ever found on Mars, including seven that had never been detected before on the red planet. These carbon-containing ...

Dinosaurs may have ruled the Earth, but did they roam on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted a rock so intriguing that the public has voted it “Image of the Week.” A bizarre picture taken by ...

After drilling a rock sample from a spot on Mars nicknamed “Mary Anning,” NASA’s Curiosity rover took this selfie on October 25, 2020. Now, that sample has revealed organic molecules that have never ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in Nature Communications. The researchers believe this organic matter may have ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The molecules were found inside 3.5-billion-year-old sandstone. NASA's Curiosity rover collected the clay-filled rocks from an area called ...