NASA’s Mars rover resumes work after electrical glitch

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 21:34

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is back to work on the Red Planet after being suspended from all science operations for nearly a week with an electrical glitch.

Curiosity suffers glitch, halts operations on Red Planet

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 18:50

NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity has suffered a glitch on November 17, halting all roving and science observations for a few days on the Red Planet.

New algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 11:37

Researchers have developed an image analysis and segmentation algorithm specifically to aid planetary scientists with this very basic, but often difficult, task.

Iguana-shaped like rock discovered on Mars

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 16:10

Mars Curiosity Rover has captured the image of a rock that somewhat resembles an iguana.

4.5 cm meteorite to answer `how Mars turned to stone`

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 12:57

A meteorite may help explain as to how the Red Planet became a cold, rocky desert after losing its thick, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere, according to researchers.

Curiosity confirms Martian meteorites originated from Mars

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 11:49

Mars rover Curiosity has just proven that Martian meteorites are really from the Red Planet.

Earth-like Martian igneous rock discovered on Red Planet

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 16:09

Scientists have discovered Earth-like Martian rock that could offer new insight into the history of Mars` interior and suggests parts of the Red Planet may be more like our own.

Martian chemical complicates hunt for life`s clues on Red Planet

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 15:59

An investigation has revealed that perchlorate - a salt comprising of chlorine and oxygen - causes the evidence of life to burn away during the tests.

Rover Curiosity finds `abundant` water in Martian soil

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 10:00

The first scoop of soil analysed by the Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the Martian surface may contain "abundant" water, Xinhua reported Thursday citing US researchers.

Can comet flybys damage Mars spacecraft?

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 14:53

Two comets that will pass Mars next year have prompted excitement as well as some concern that some cometary particles could hit the Mars spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet and exploring its surface.

Mars was once flooded by water

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 10:59

Curiosity rover has uncovered evidence of water on Mars.

Life on Mars hopes fade after rover finds no sign of methane

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 08:25

Hopes of finding life on Mars suffered a setback after new findings from NASA`s Curiosity rover detected only trace amounts of methane gas in the Red Planet`s atmosphere, a study said Thursday.