Tag: curiosity

Toddlers seem to understand that things can be impossible — and this helps them learn.

It seems that animals simply love to play.

The sky crane touchdown system was a huge wager for NASA that paid off.

It should reach its goal by fall.

Soon, NASA will launch a new rover to Mars where it'll have to do a lot of heavy lifting.

We've learned so much about Mars, but pressing questions still remain.

Yay for creative science!

Tip of the hat to the people who make science books so, so pretty.

Hang in there, buddy!

Yarrr, there be a storm a'brewing!

Not all of NASA's rovers are having a tough time.

It's a breathtaking view!

This is likely not our first brush with alien life.

Those are some big wheels to fill.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but cats don't run on microprocessors. I think.

:(

While taking its usual stroll on Mars, the Curiosity Rover found something unexpected: a dark, smooth meteorite.

The rocks from Mars are surprisingly familiar.

The Chinese space program is taking huge strides forward.

But maybe our neighbour wasn't always so red-faced after all.

Curiosity is probably the single most powerful force behind our species' scientific discoveries. It can drive us to explore and ...

NASA recently uploaded a strikingly beautiful photograph on their website showing a petrified sand dune on Mars. The image was ...

The next Mars exploration rover will likely feature a helicopter drone, which is expected to act as scouting drone to ...

Whether we're assigned a learning task or choose to follow it, those subjects that interest us are always easier to ...

Curiosity rover captures a strange flare on the Martian surface. PHOTO JPL The photo right above was captured by the ...

After finding no methane in the Martian atmosphere, Curiosity has shown that the soil and dust on the surface of ...

A lab exemplification of the measurement chamber inside the Tunable Laser Spectrometer, an instrument that is part of the Sample ...

A few days ago, the Curiosity rover staff made an announcement that sent echoes throughout the entire scientific community - ...

Felix Baumgartner, the supersonic man who jumped from about 40.000 meters above ground is definitely a man up for new ...

The Martian sand collected by the Curiosity rover turns out to be similar to volcanic soil on Hawaii, NASA scientists ...

Nope, this is not the Mars chocolate I'm talking about - NASA's Curiosity rover is digging in at Rocknest - ...

It's dinner time, and you know what there's on the menu? Rocks! Martian rocks, to be more precise. After what ...

It may look like an ordinary cup of sand, but for NASA scientists this is a milestone almost as important ...

The Curiosity rover is preparing to scoop in the Martian soil for the first time. The vehicle has driven up ...

Although Curiosity landed recently on Mars, the rover is already proving its usefulness, beaming back all sort of interesting information; ...

A massive whirling dust storm on the surface of Mars, as seen captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The extreme ...

The moment many of us have been waiting for is almost here: Curiosity prepares to make its first contact with ...

Amazing photo: the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took one of the best space pictures of the decade ...

Curiosity has landed. The Mars Science Laboratory is set to go, and today, we'll be writing tons of posts about ...

At precisely 10:32 p.m. Pacific time (1:32 a.m. EDT/0530 GMT), today, August 6, NASA's Curiosity Rover touched down on martian soil ...

With the Mars rover Curiosity due to land this weekend, it can be a real drag following NASA's everyday lingo, ...

I have to admit this one caught me off-guard: Mount Sharp, the destination for the new Mars Rover is at ...

A new study conducted by NASA indicates that large molecules containing carbon came to Earth from Mars - molecules which ...

NASA engineers and technicians are making the last adjustments to the Mars Rover, which is about the size of a ...