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Catching a ride on a drone, OrganiCam could swoop into lava-tube caves on Mars to search for organic molecules marked by the tell-tale signature of life.

A better way to search for traces of life on Mars — and beyond! (op-ed)

By Patrick Gasda published

Meet OrganiCam, an instrument that could detect biological molecules on other worlds.

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This image of Venus was created using data that NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft collected on Feb. 7 and 8, 1974, shortly after the spacecraft's closest approach to Venus on Feb. 5.

The clouds of Venus join the shortlist for potential signs of life in our solar system

By Mike Wall published

Venus isn't the only world beyond Earth where scientists have gotten a possible whiff of life.

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On Aug. 9, 2020, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover photographed a dust devil moving through Gale Crater, at the border between the darker and lighter slopes. 

Mars dust devil! Curiosity rover spots Red Planet twister (photos)

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has spotted a dust devil swirling through the parched Red Planet landscape.

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A self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover taken on June 15, 2018. A Martian dust storm had reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover's location in Gale Crater at the time.

Happy anniversary, Curiosity! NASA rover marks 8 years on Mars

By Mike Wall published

NASA's car-size Curiosity rover celebrates eight years on the Red Planet today (Aug. 5), less than a week after the Perseverance rover took flight toward Mars.

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Mars as seen from orbit by NASA’s Viking mission.

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has a key role in the search for ancient life

By Chelsea Gohd published

As NASA's latest Mars-bound rover readies for launch, we reflect on what we know about life on Mars.

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Artist's concept of NASA's Curiosity rover approaching Mars.

How do you prepare for Mars? NASA tells all at Comic-Con@Home.

By Elizabeth Howell published

While the media often talks about what goes wrong on a Mars mission, what's more remarkable is the number of things that go right thanks to testing before launch here on Earth.

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Artist's concept of NASA's Curiosity rover approaching Mars. Curiosity is slated to land on the Red Planet in August 2012.

The boldest Mars missions in history

By Space.com Staff, Tom Chao last updated

Earth has been sending probes to Mars for decades, and some missions are especially awe-inspiring.

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view, which was stitched together from 28 different images, from "Greenheugh Pediment" on April 9, 2020. In the foreground is the pediment's sandstone cap. At center is the "clay-bearing unit," and the floor of Gale Crater is in the distance.

NASA's Curiosity rover starts Red Planet road trip up Martian mountain

By Elizabeth Howell published

Like many Americans this summer, NASA's Curiosity rover is embarking on a road trip — but on Mars.

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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity snapped this selfie after drilling a hole at a rock feature called "Hutton" and making its way up to the Greenheugh Pediment, the rocky mound seen here behind the rover and to the left. This panorama combines 86 images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on Curiosity's robotic arm on Feb. 26, 2020, the 2,687th Martian day, or "sol," of the rover's mission on the Red Planet.

NASA needs your help teaching its Curiosity rover how to drive on Mars

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA is asking for your help to guide its Curiosity rover around sand traps, sharp rocks and other obstacles on the Red Planet.

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Two images of the night sky were combined to show Earth and Venus as seen by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on June 5, 2020, the mission's 2,784th Martian day, or sol. The planets appear as pinpoints of light owing to a combination of distance and dust in the air. Mars' Tower Butte is visible at bottom.

See Earth and Venus from Mars in amazing photos from NASA's Curiosity rover

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Curiosity rover took a break from assessing ancient Martian habitability to gaze up at the Red Planet sky — where it found Earth.

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