NASA’s Curiosity Rover continued its investigation of Mars with a mix of scientific observations and geological analyses. As part of theMars Science Laboratory Mission, Curiosity continues to explore the Red Planet’s surface with methods designed to unlock Mars’ secrets—one sol at a time.

Earth’s terrifying Cryogenic Period nearly wiped out life 750 million years ago. With shared features across rocky planets, scientists explore whether Venus and Mars could someday become snowball planets,

Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient connection between the planet Mars and blood wasn’t completely wrong. Rust, which is a common form of iron oxide found here on Earth, also often has a reddish color.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has captured several images of the Insight lander on the Red Planet between 2018 and 2024. See a time-lapse of the imagery here. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Unive

NASA’s Perseverance rover captures video of solar eclipse on Mars. The Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the Red Planet’s two moons, to study how its orbit is changing over time.

"Dust devils themselves are difficult to capture in images because they are so short-lived," Ingrid Daubar, a planetary scientist at Brown University and lead author of the study, told Space.com by email. "The tracks they leave behind last longer, so we are able to observe them more thoroughly."

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for auction later this month at Sotheby's.

Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it's thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on the planet's surface, a critical precondition for habitability. The only hope of finding liquid water appears to be in the form of brines,