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Water persisted in Mars' Gale crater for longer than previously thought, study finds
Curiosity has been exploring the Gale Crater and the northern flank of its central mountain, called Mount Sharp, since 2012. The crater hosts a 5.5 km-high mountain that was built in layers ...
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover weighed the mountain it’s climbing
That in turn suggests there were two different periods of mountain-building in Gale Crater, one that laid down lake sediments and a drier one that built Mount Sharp’s peak. Curiosity might find ...
6 Unseen images of Mars shared by NASA
This image of Mars' Valles Marineris hemisphere, captured on July 9, 2013, is a composite created from 102 images taken by ...
7 stunning images of Red Planet 'Mars' by NASA
This view of Mars' Valles Marineris hemisphere from July 9, 2013, is a mosaic of 102 Viking Orbiter images. At the centre is the Valles Marineris canyon, over 2,000 km long and up to 8 km deep. This ...
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What are spider webs on Mars that NASA’s Curiosity Rover might likely explore
It has been 12 years since Curiosity Rover landed on Mars' Gale Crater on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT (morning of August 6 EDT), with one aim- determine if the planet was ever habitable for ...