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Curiosity Rover Confirms Methane Nearly Non-Existent on Mars
For years the planetary science community has speculated, with much optimism, that methane exists in the environment of Mars. Data from observations of the Red Planet made from Earth and from spacecraft orbiting Mars in years past suggested localized methane concentrations up to 45 parts per billion were present, fueling speculation that microbial life could […] More
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by Mike Killian September 20, 2013, 4:07 pm
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Curiosity Rover Celebrates One-Year Anniversary Since ‘Seven Minutes of Terror’
A year ago today, the world watched and waited for the moment of truth, as many months of planning and preparation finally gave way to the “Seven Minutes of Terror.” High above Mars, the incoming Curiosity rover was about to become the United States’ fourth successfully operated rover to land and traverse the surface of […] More
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by Ben Evans August 5, 2013, 5:43 pm
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Curiosity Rover Assembles Billion-Pixel Panorama of Mars
Just seven weeks shy of its one-year anniversary since making landfall on the rust-hued surface of the Red Planet, NASA’s $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity continues to astonish and astound with its myriad capabilities. The six-wheeled mobile laboratory—which descended into the yawning bowl of 96-mile-wide Gale Crater last August, via a revolutionary “Sky […] More
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by Ben Evans June 21, 2013, 6:00 am
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Opinion: E.T. Are You Out There?
This article originally appeared on the website for The Planetary Society and is republished with permission. You and your wife are on a two-hour trip late at night in separate cars, travelling through dense fog. You need to talk but you can’t see her. She’s out there somewhere. The only mode of communication with her […] More
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by Andrew Fain March 31, 2013, 1:42 pm
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Opinion: Curiosity, Fermi and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
There were two different stories floating around the internet last week—each one startling in its own right, and both highlighting the ups and downs in the search for alien life. More
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by Andrew Fain March 23, 2013, 8:59 am
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Curiosity’s Instruments Sniff Out Further Evidence of Mars’ Watery Past
The Mars Science Laboratory rover trolling the dusty plains of the Red Planet has spotted evidence that provides one more bit of proof that Mars was once a wet world. This evidence pertains to water-bearing minerals that were discovered in rocks that were in the vicinity of clay minerals inside of a rock that Curiosity […] More
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by Jason Rhian March 21, 2013, 6:02 am
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Curiosity Prepares to Drill First Martian Rock
A little over five months since making landfall on the blood-red surface of Mars, NASA’s remarkable Curiosity rover is heading towards its first sample-drilling target: a flat rock, laced with pale veins, which may yield clues about the planet’s wet past. For the team operating the $2.5 billion, six-wheeled vehicle, the drilling will be historic […] More
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by Ben Evans January 18, 2013, 6:00 am
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New Findings Put Curiosity’s Abilities to the Test
No little green men, no Decepticons, and no risk of imminent invasion characterised a much-hyped NASA announcement on the opening day of the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco. Despite popular belief since mid-November that a major and Earth-shaking announcement would be made, the reality has actually offered a tantalising […] More
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by Ben Evans December 4, 2012, 6:00 am
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Curiosity Findings to be Unveiled at AGU Conference
For those who were expecting confirmation of the discovery of little green men or Decepticons or even traces of microbial life, you will probably be disappointed. After rampant (and viral) internet speculation, NASA is expected to make an announcement at noon EST today about the progress and scientific achievements of its Curiosity rover during this […] More
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by Ben Evans December 3, 2012, 10:46 am
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Distant Mars Has Some Similarities to Hawaii, Curiosity Finds
New data from NASA’s Curiosity rover suggests that the mineral content of Mars’ fine soil is not unlike weathered basalts found in Hawaii. The wheeled spacecraft, which touched down on the surface of the Red Planet in early August – following an adrenaline-pumping descent through the atmosphere and emplacement within Gale Crater by the first […] More
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by Ben Evans November 2, 2012, 6:00 am
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Curiosity Limbers Up, Ahead of ‘First Drive’
Two weeks after touching down triumphantly and safely inside Gale Crater, beside the 18,000-foot peak of Aeolis Mons (‘Mount Sharp’), NASA’s Curiosity rover finally flexed her robotic arm on Monday. It was the first occasion on which the 7-foot-long mechanical device, which boasts an X-shaped ‘turret’ for five sophisticated instruments, has been deployed in any […] More
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by Ben Evans August 22, 2012, 2:15 am

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