discovered ripples formed by water flowing across the surface of ancient Mars, but it was uncertain if that water ever pooled to form lakes or shallow seas.” “The Curiosity rover discovered ...

These noctilucent clouds, reflecting light from the sun after sunset, have been visible in Martian skies for the past four fall seasons. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS A rover got a new view of ...

NASA's Curiosity rover photographed remnants of rippling waves in an ancient Martian lakebed, proving that the Red Planet had open water for longer in its history than previously thought.

The ripples suggest that the lake was free of ice at one point.

Curiosity didn’t repeat the trick until 2017, and last month’s sighting is the fourth Mars year the rover has spotted the clouds. Late last year, NASA researchers published a study in the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover unveils the mysteries of iridescent clouds on Mars Twilight clouds were seen for the first time on Mars during NASA’s Pathfinder mission in 1997, but only in 2019 did ...

The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its distance ... And last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured both noctilucent and shimmering cloud formations during a Martian ...

Appearing briefly at the bottom of the images are water-ice clouds traveling in the opposite direction roughly 31 miles (50 kilometers) above the rover. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured ...

New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the ...

BEHIND THAT MARKER IN EXETER LEARN MORE. EVERY YEAR WE ARE GETTING A LOOK AT THE RECENT WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MARS. NASA’S CURIOSITY ROVER SENT BACK THESE IMGES OF CLOUDS ON THE MARTIAN SURFACE.

The study by scientists at Caltech discusses the discovery of ancient wave ripples on the Mars surface, first found by the Curiosity rover in 2022. Scientists say these ripples are "undulations in ...

The rover has now documented this phenomenon for four Martian years. Scientists believe these clouds provide insight into Mars’ atmosphere. Curiosity’s images help researchers study cloud ...