New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the ...

And last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured both noctilucent and shimmering cloud formations during a Martian sunset. Recorded by Curiosity’s Mastcam over 16 minutes on January 17, the brief ...

These views were captured with Curiosity's left Mastcam as the rover continues a journey toward the boxwork region below Mount Sharp. Though the images may look like they're being recorded from ...

The engineers can track the condition of the wheel of the Curiosity rover as the cameras are pointed down towards it. The Curiosity rover uses its six wheels to move across the red planet.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these drifting noctilucent, or twilight, clouds in a 16-minute recording on Jan. 17. (This looping clip has been speeded up about 480 times.) The white ...

In January 2023, NASA's Curiosity rover captured images of noctilucent clouds during a Martian sunset, including a rare category of iridescent bright noctilucent clouds that appear feather-shaped ...

For the first time, a Mars rover has measured the mass of the rocks beneath its wheels. By taking gravity measurements as it climbed a Martian mountain, Curiosity discovered something surprising ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior. When the rover rolled its 899-kilogram (1,982-pound) body over the rock ...

The ripples suggest that the lake was free of ice at one point. Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert, with patches of subterranean ice and ice caps at its poles. Billions of years ago ...

EVERY YEAR WE ARE GETTING A LOOK AT THE RECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MARS. NASA’S CURIOSITY ROVER SENT BACK THESE IMGES OF CLOUDS ON THE MARTIAN SURFACE. HOW ABOUT THAT? THEY’RE CALLED ...

Captured by the Curiosity Rover, exploring the Red Planet, it used its Mastcam to record a 16-minute video of these colourful clouds on January 17, 2025. Although the composition of the atmosphere ...