The Curiosity rover discovered fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which are inferred to represent
an ancient lake and preserve evidence of an environment that would have been suited to …

The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover
began making detailed measurements of the cosmic ray and energetic particle radiation …

H 2 O, CO 2 , SO 2 , O 2 , H 2 , H 2 S, HCl, chlorinated hydrocarbons, NO, and other trace
gases were evolved during pyrolysis of two mudstone samples acquired by the Curiosity rover …

Sedimentary rocks examined by the Curiosity rover at Yellowknife Bay, Mars, were derived
from sources that evolved from an approximately average martian crustal composition to one …

The ChemCam instrument, which provides insight into martian soil chemistry at the
submillimeter scale, identified two principal soil types along the Curiosity rover traverse: a fine-…

Despite the importance of sand and dust to Mars geomorphology, weather, and exploration,
the processes that move sand and that raise dust to maintain Mars’ ubiquitous dust haze …

By analogy with Earth, methane in the Martian atmosphere is a potential signature of ongoing
or past biological activity. During the past decade, Earth-based telescopic observations …

Samples from the Rocknest aeolian deposit were heated to ~835C under helium flow and
evolved gases analyzed by Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite. H 2 O, SO 2 , …

Volume mixing and isotope ratios secured with repeated atmospheric measurements taken
with the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite on the Curiosity rover are: carbon dioxide (…

The Rio Tinto, known by the Phoenicians as 'Ur-yero', or 'River of Fire', because of its deep
red colour and high acidity, flows through the world's largest pyritic belt in southwestern Spain…