Curiosity
How Did Mars Become Uninhabitable?
Mars has captured our imagination for centuries. Ever since the invention of the telescope our imagination has often drifted toward…
Why is it so hard to drill off Earth?
Humans have been digging underground for millennia - on the Earth. It's where we extract some of our most valuable…
Curiosity has Seen its 4,000th Martian Sunrise
Not to make anyone feel old, but it's been over 11 years since NASA's Curiosity Rover landed on Mars. The…
Curiosity Sees a Strong Carbon Signature in a Bed of Rocks
Carbon is critical to life, as far as we know. So anytime we detect a strong carbon signature somewhere like…
Curiosity Might Not Be In An Ancient Lake At All
Photos can't do some places justice - nor can any level of sophisticated remote sensing. That seems to be the…
Dune Fields in Gale Crater Tell the Story of Mars’ Shifting Climate Over Eons
Rocks can tell us a lot about a planet. On Earth, the study of geology has been around for hundreds…
Now You Can Build Your Own Curiosity Rover
The open source movement has been a fixture in the software and electronics worlds for over a decade now. Open…
Curiosity Sniffs a Spike in Methane. Could it be a Sign of Life?
The Curiosity rover has detected another methane plume on Mars, once again raising the issue of whether or not there…
Weekly Space Hangout: April 11, 2018: Emily Lakdawalla’s “The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job”
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
Book Excerpt: “Incredible Stories From Space,” Roving Mars With Curiosity, part 3
Following is the final excerpt from my new book, "Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing…