Articles and multimedia about Nasa's Mars Curiosity rover, which is part of the space agency's Mars Science Laboratory mission to discover whether conditions on the red planet were ever suitable for life
June 2019
Mars rover's large methane discovery excites scientists
Curiosity’s record-breaking measurement fuels speculation it is from microbial Martians
April 2019
Scientists uncover potential source of methane on Mars
Gas detected by Curiosity rover may have been released from fractured Martian permafrost
September 2018
Cosmic composers: how scientists helped reinvent Holst's Planets suite
Picnics on Mars, sunsets on Uranus, sculptures on Venus … 100 years after Holst unveiled his epic masterpiece, musicians are reimagining it using the latest scientific discoveries
September 2016
Another discovery of water in space – how boring. We must search for alien life
Stuart Clark
The latest find on Jupiter’s moon Europa offers the potential to really look for life. It’s not time to shy away – and Nasa needs to rise to the challenge
November 2015
Five Mars discoveries that transformed our understanding of the red planet
From ancient lakes to a stripped atmosphere, the planet has given up several secrets in 2015 thanks to the Curiosity rover and teams all around the Earth
October 2015
Mars lakes may have existed long enough for life to evolve, scientists say
Nasa researchers believe some ancient lakes could have lasted for up to 10,000 years, which was enough time for life forms to take hold
September 2015
Water on Mars: Nasa faces contamination dilemma over future investigations
Curiosity rover already on red planet cannot study streaks left by flowing water because it could be carrying bugs from Earth
June 2015
Brian Cox: ‘Scientists aren’t priests of knowledge. They’re like plumbers’
The new face of science at the Royal Society talks about taking on Einstein, TV versus teaching, and why not everything he posts on Twitter should be taken seriously
April 2015
Nasa's Curiosity rover finds water below surface of Mars
New measurements from the Gale crater contradict theories that the planet is too cold for liquid water to exist, but Mars still considered hostile to life
March 2015
Nasa finds evidence of a vast ancient ocean on Mars
Mars rover Curiosity halts its work after short circuit
January 2015
America is colder than Mars. Some parts of it, anyway
According to data collected by the Curiosity Rover, the Gale crater is currently warmer than most of the northern US despite being 50m km farther from the Sun
December 2014
Methane on Mars: does it mean the Curiosity rover has found life?
Curiosity rover's discovery of methane ‘spikes’ fuels speculation of life on Mars
September 2014
Across the universe
Nasa's Maven spacecraft could solve mystery of Mars's missing water
Mars was once awash with water. With the arrival of Nasa’s Maven mission at the red planet, we may finally be close to working out where it all went
July 2014
Across the universe
Nasa's Curiosity rover finds large iron meteorite on Mars
Top 10 science and tech books for July: inventions, Intel and chimpanzees
December 2013
Mars: you can't put a price on discovering the new in our world – or others
Elizabeth Howell
Lake on Mars could have teemed with microbial life
September 2013
Science Weekly
Science Weekly podcast: Daniel M Davis on the immune system's wonders
Professor Davis discusses his new book The Compatibility Gene, which explores the latest scientific understanding of the human immune system
