On its 4,500th sol (or Martian day), NASA's Mars rover Curiosity continued its climb of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) at the center of Gale Crater. Before it can ascend higher, though, the six-wheeled ...

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity arrived at "Devil’s Gate," a small ridgeline on its way up the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, on April 3, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) On its 4,500th sol (or ...

A dazzling image taken by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows an unprecedented view of a 12-mile-high volcano poking through clouds at dawn on the Red Planet.

For apparently the first time ever, the Curiosity rover on Mars has been spotted mid-drive from orbit, a speck of human presence on the otherwise barren and grayscale landscape. The image, taken ...