Tag Archive for 'Curiosity'

Curiosity helps learning and memory, scientists say. Anonymous painter, 15th century - Cahiers de Science et Vie no. 114.

New Study Provides Insight into How Piquing Curiosity Changes Our Brains

Oct 3, 2014 by News Staff

The more curious we are about a topic, the easier it is to learn information about that topic. A new study carried out by California University scientists...

Paleosols found inside Gale Crater on Mars are evidence of habitable environments, but have yielded no conclusive evidence of life. Image credit: Gregory J. Retallack.

U.S. Geologist Discovers Earth-Like Soils on Mars

Aug 22, 2014 by News Staff

Paleosols (ancient fossilized soils) filling the Yellowknife Bay geologic formation within the 3.7-billion-year-old Gale Crater on Mars are strong evidence...

This false-color image shows minor planets Ceres and Vesta, Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, planets Jupiter and Saturn, as seen by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / Texas A&M.

Curiosity Sees Ceres, Vesta, Deimos

Apr 25, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists using the Mast Camera aboard NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover have captured a night-sky image of two minor planets Ceres and Vesta, and one...

Mars. Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Mars: First Radiation Measurements from Planet’s Surface

Dec 19, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists using the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover have made detailed measurements of...

Distinctive feldspar-rich composition of Nili Patera, the Syrtis Major volcano, Mars. Image credit: NASA / JPL / JHUAPL / MSSS.

Planetary Scientists Find Evidence for Granite on Mars

Nov 19, 2013 by News Staff

U.S. researchers reporting in the journal Nature Geoscience have found strong evidence that the Red Planet has granitic rocks. Distinctive feldspar-rich...

NASA's Curiosity Rover. Image credit: NASA.

Curiosity: Martian Surface Soil Contains Two Percent Water

Sep 27, 2013 by News Staff

In five papers published today in the journal Science, scientists using the ChemCam, CheMin instruments, the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and...

This is an artist's concept of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft approaching Mars. The Curiosity rover is safely tucked inside the spacecraft's aeroshell. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Curiosity Finds No Methane in Atmosphere of Mars

Sep 20, 2013 by News Staff

NASA scientists reported Thursday that the Mars rover Curiosity has not found any clear signs of methane, a gas that on our planet is a strong indicator...

This is an artist’s impression of habitable Mars (Daein Ballard / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Curiosity Provides New Evidence for Warm, Wet Ancient Mars

Jul 19, 2013 by News Staff

A large international team of researchers used Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite of instruments to measure the abundances of different...

This image shows a rock outcrop called Hottah. Broken surfaces of the outcrop have rounded, gravel clasts, such as the one circled in white, which is about 1.2 inches across. Erosion of the outcrop results in gravel clasts that protrude from the outcrop and ultimately fall onto the ground, creating the gravel pile at left (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS)

Study Confirms Curiosity Rover Found Evidence of Flowing Water on Mars

May 31, 2013 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal Science, rounded pebbles found in September 2012 by NASA’s Curiosity rover indicate that a stream once...

Curiosity Discovers Ancient Streambed on Mars

Oct 2, 2012 by News Staff

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured images of bedrock that suggest a fast-moving stream once flowed on the Martian surface. “From the size of...

Curiosity Lands on Red Planet

Aug 6, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity has successfully landed in the Gale Crater on Mars. The one-ton rover touched down onto the Red Planet early Monday to...

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