Life on Mars

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By Mike Wall published 8 April 13

The new results from NASA's Curiosity rover bolster longstanding suspicions about the Red Planet's air.

By Mike Wall published 4 April 13

Mars is on the other side of the sun from Earth, making communications difficult.

By Mike Wall published 26 March 13

Curiosity had been recovering from a memory issue since late February.

By Mike Wall published 20 March 13

Curiosity has still not resumed science operations, however.

By Mike Wall published 19 March 13

The 3-mile-high Mount Sharp is Curiosity's ultimate destination.

By Mike Wall published 15 March 13

Curiosity is not yet ready to start the trek to Mount Sharp.

By Mike Wall published 13 March 13

The Red Planet was habitable long, long ago, scientists say.

By Charles Q. Choi published 8 March 13

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter used radar to find the underground Martian channels.

By Mike Wall published 7 March 13

The solar outburst is complicating efforts to bring Curiosity back from a computer glitch.

By Mike Wall published 5 March 13

The 1-ton robot is out of safe mode and may be back in action as early as this weekend.

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