Ten years ago, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab celebrated the successful landing of its fourth robot on Mars, The Curiosity rover. Now old enough to enter the fifth grade, the Curiosity ...

The Mars rover found geological formations in Gale Crater showing how water percolated beneath the surface, and ...

Scientists had hypothesized before the rover arrived that the peculiar ridges formed with the last trickles of water in the ...

However, new photos taken by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) and released by NASA on Sept. 24 reveal that the rover's epic journey has taken a toll on the robot's middle right wheel. The ...

Understanding curiosity can help people—and robots—learn faster. Skip to main content. Scientific American. November 19, 2024. 14 min read. ... Torso the robot has a blue head, ...

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Ten years ago, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab celebrated the successful landing of its fourth robot on Mars, the Curiosity rover.