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Curiosity Rover finds clay cache on Mars -- potential sign of water

Curiosity is finding water beneath the ground -- and in the sky.

Ingenious new technique shows Mars' Mount Sharp to be very porous

Yay for creative science!

Curiosity's search for Martian life may come up dry

Life on Mars The sedimentary processes on Mars have generally been governed by wind, not water – but is this the case where the Curiosity rover is searching for life at the moment. If this is the case (and Curiosity will either confirm or infirm this when it reaches Mount Sharp next year), then odds […]

'Mount Sharp', the landing site for Curiosity, is just an informal name

I have to admit this one caught me off-guard: Mount Sharp, the destination for the new Mars Rover is at the center of a minor naming confusion: its official name isn’t actually Mount Sharp. As of today only three days remain until the much expected land, and I was just reading some details about Curiosity […]