Turns out, that employee from the Mars research team was just really excited about the mission — and not one specific, universe-altering discovery.
The Mars rover has another discovery that might just change everything — but they aren't telling anyone what it is yet. Thanksgiving nerd speculation, of course, is go for launch.
Mapping the planets of our solar system is usually best left to NASA, but don't tell that to Foursquare or Google. The two tech companies both have extra planets mapped.
The Curiosity rover was finally able to remove its dust cover so it could produce the best quality image we've seen so far of the landscape on Mars.
The Curiosity rover's Twitter account can be a little strange. This week she was girl-talking with Britney Spears and talking space travel with Nancy Sinatra. So, we have to ask, who makes the better friend for Curiosity?
The Internet culture-friendly engineers and scientists at the Mars Curiosity Rover Mission took to Reddit today to do an AMA, or "ask me anything." Here are five things we learned.
The Curiosity rover has been snapping more pictures since arriving on Mars than a hipster at Lollapalooza, and this is its latest Instagram-worthy hit.
NASA's 'Curiosity' Mars rover landed on the red planet Monday, and because pretty much everything is political until November, at least a few of President Obama's detractors have turned it into the least convincing rebuttal to his "You didn't build that" speech ever.
The biggest machine we've ever sent to Mars will spend the next two years trying to prove that life once existed on the red planet.
In advance of tomorrow's planned launch, a look at what you need to know about NASA's most ambitious Mars project to date.
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