This image provides an example of the type of data collected by the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on the…
This mid-infrared image of the W40 star-forming region of the Milky Way galaxy was captured recently by the FORCAST instrument…
Recent small craters discovered by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter expose buried ice…
Modern-day Mars experiences cyclical changes in climate and, consequently, ice distribution. Unlike Earth, the obliquity (or tilt) of Mars changes…
Sulfates are found overlying clay minerals in sediments within Columbus Crater, a depression that likely hosted a lake in the…
Color coding in this image of Mars represents differences in elevation, measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's…
Rhythmic patterns of sedimentary layering in Danielson Crater on Mars result from periodic changes in climate related to changes in…
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity studied layers in the Burns Cliff slope of Endurance Crater in 2004. The layers show…
Color coding in this image of Gale Crater on Mars represents differences in elevation. The vertical difference from a low…
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, left, and flight engineers Sergei Volkov, center, and Satoshi Furukawa, sit in chairs outside the…
