“The discovery of abundant siderite in Gale Crater represents both a surprising and important breakthrough in our ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars — a major clue that the Red Planet used to be habitable.

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced ...

In those drill sites, Curiosity detected deposits containing an iron carbonate material called siderite. According to Ben ...

The siderite identified in Curiosity data helps confirm and refine models of Mars's early warm period, more than 3.5 billion ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered a missing piece in the puzzle of Mars' past atmosphere. Scientists discovered ...

A brush-and-sample mission had to be skipped as NASA's Curiosity Mars rover found itself on unstable ground, but this opened ...

NASA's Curiosity rover made an intriguing discovery while gently climbing Mount Sharp that may provide hints about ...

Scientists are eager to find out whether Mars was once capable of supporting life, and according to new Curiosity findings, ...

Billions of years ago, Mars was warm, wet, and capable of sustaining liquid water on its surface. Scientists have long ...

Scientists have pondered why Mars seemed to be missing sufficient carbonates indicative of its warm, wet past. Now, NASA’s ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered siderite in Gale Crater. This shows Mars had a partial carbon cycle, storing and releasing ...