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09 Aug 2024

People Who Ask Lots of Questions Are Actually Very Smart – Find Out Why

This question might have striked in your mind that people with tons of questions are smartest or just trying to grab the attention of everyone. Let’s find out the answer to your question here.

21 Jun 2018

NASA's Curiosity rover captures images of Martian dust storm

Contact with the Opportunity rover - on the other side of Mars from Curiosity - is yet to be established.

01 Mar 2018

NASA's Curiosity rover tests new drill method on Mars

Curiosity has used its drill to collect samples 15 times since landing in 2012. Then, in December of 2016, a key part of the drill stopped working.

11 Aug 2017

NASA's Curiosity beams back most clear images of Martian clouds – Check it out!

The clouds in the new images are the most clearly visible so far from Curiosity, which landed five years ago this month about five degrees south of Mars' equator, NASA said.

06 Aug 2017

Five years of Curiosity: NASA goes back in time to celebrate Mars rover's anniversary - Watch

The droid, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars.

23 Apr 2017

Alien hunters spot possible tree stump on Mars, say it points towards existence of vegetation on Red Planet!

As per what NASA described, the image was captured by Mastcam onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 1647 in March this year.

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18 Jan 2017

Cracked mud on Mars - Latest images from NASA's Curiosity rover reveal new evidence of water (See pic)

Scientists used Curiosity rover in recent weeks to examine slabs of rock cross-hatched with shallow ridges that likely originated as cracks in drying mud.

29 Dec 2016

Red no more? NASA's Curiosity rover discovers purple rocks on Mars!

Studying the composition of these different rock layers can help scientists learn more about Mars' past.

03 Nov 2016

NASA's Curiosity captures strange rock on Mars surface; scientists confirm it's an iron meteorite! - See pic

Laser-zapping of the globular, golf-ball-size object confirmed that it is an iron-nickel meteorite fallen from the Red Planet's sky.

12 Sep 2016

See pic: Stunning layered rocks adorn the surface of Mars – NASA's Curiosity goes click-click!

Curiosity has beamed back in what appears to be beautifully detailed colour images of the Martian surface.

04 Aug 2016

Happy fourth, Curiosity: NASA celebrates rover's anniversary with new social media game!

4th August, 2016 marks Curiosity's fourth anniversary on the Red Planet and this evidently calls for a celebration, which NASA has wasted no time in doing!

14 May 2016

Curiosity measures seasonal patterns in Mars atmosphere

Curiosity this week completed its second Martian year since landing inside Gale Crater nearly four years ago. The repetition helps distinguish seasonal effects from sporadic events, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a statement.

10 Apr 2016

Curiosity leads us to seek out unpleasant, painful outcomes

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Chicago hypothesised that curiosity stems from humans' deep-seated desire to resolve uncertainty regardless of the harm it may bring.

28 Feb 2016

NASA invites India to jointly explore Mars, send astronauts

This is of direct benefit be it for India or California where we see tectonic activity.

22 Jan 2016

Curiosity rover tastes scooped sand for first time on Mars

Curiosity has scooped up sample material at only one other site since it landed on Mars in August 2012.

18 Dec 2015

Curiosity spots loads of silica on Mars, bolsters water presence

Water that is acidic would tend to carry other ingredients away and leave silica behind.

09 Oct 2015

Ancient lakes at Gale Crater reveal Mars' wet paleoclimate

Mars Science Laboratory presents recent results of its quest to not just follow the water but to understand where it came from, and how long it lasted on the surface of Mars so long ago.

27 Sep 2015

NASA's Mars rover 'smarter' than Curiosity

NASA's next nuclear-powered Mars rover, slated to launch in 2020, has started taking shape. The new vehicle will be "smarter" than the previous one on many counts, according to the engineers on the project.

26 Sep 2015

Psychology of Fear: Why do we love watching horror movies?

Do we love the fear and violence that these movies present us with? For many of us, being scared out of our wits seems like a fun concept!

14 Sep 2015

Did Curiosity find scorpion-like creature on Red Planet?

Have we finally succeeded in finding life on Mars? A top UFO website claims so.

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