Curiosity Rover

• Calgary scientists studying Mars soil for signs it supported life

  The Canadian Space Agency, as part of the NASA-led Mars Science Laboratory mission, is funding the three-year study to determine whether Mars was ever capable of supporting life..

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  Sep 1, 2022
  
• Mars rover spots shiny human garbage on the red planet

  While it looks like someone threw out their fast food wrapper on Mars' surface, scientists say there's another explanation.

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  Jun 16, 2022
  
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• First methane, now oxygen: gaseous mysteries on Mars puzzle scientists

  Scientists expected oxygen to behave predictably, but “it didn’t” — unlike nitrogen and argon, which followed a “predictable seasonal pattern.”

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  Nov 15, 2019
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• Mars may have been more Earth-like than previously believed

  Chemicals have been detected on Mars that suggest Mars could have once been more like Earth than once thought.

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  Jun 28, 2016
• Curiosity rover confirms ancient lakes once existed on Mars

  Billions of years ago, you could have gone for a swim on Mars.

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  Oct 9, 2015
• NASA names a small patch of Mars after Winnipeg

  From now on when someone says it's as cold as Winnipeg, you may have to ask them to be more specific.

  Sep 18, 2015
• NASA’s Curiosity rover takes hi-def selfie on Mars

  It's a pretty amazing selfie. You might even say it's out of this world.

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  Aug 21, 2015
• Curiosity rover finally reaches Mount Sharp on Mars, ready to drill

  NASA's Curiosity rover has finally reached Mount Sharp, its prime destination, where it will conduct drilling to better understand the red planet.

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  Sep 12, 2014