NASA’s Curiosity rover has been roaming Mars for nearly 14 years, hunting for signs that it once hosted environments that could have allowed ancient microbes to thrive. But on April 25, the rover ran ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for 14 years. See a new timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on its wheels.

NASA’s Curiosity rover had an unexpectedly stubborn Mars souvenir after drilling into a rock nicknamed “Atacama” — the entire chunk ripped loose from the ground and stayed stuck to the rover’s drill.

On April 25, 2026, NASA’s Curiosity rover pressed its drill into a Martian rock nicknamed Atacama and got more than it bargained for. Instead of boring a neat hole into what looked like solid ground, ...