In those drill sites, Curiosity detected deposits containing an iron carbonate material called siderite. According to Ben ...

Tutolo led a new study of rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover that might have answered this question. The mystery ...

Billions of years ago, Mars was warm, wet, and capable of sustaining liquid water on its surface. Scientists have long ...

"The discovery of abundant siderite in Gale Crater represents both a surprising and important breakthrough in our ...

Scientists have pondered why Mars seemed to be missing sufficient carbonates indicative of its warm, wet past. Now, NASA’s ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected signs of significant amounts of carbon dioxide locked within the Martian crust, ...

Specific areas of research include modeling the global carbon cycle using isotope ratios in atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane, development of techniques for measuring isotope ratios in ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has unearthed compelling evidence of a past carbon cycle on Mars, discovering siderite within Gale ...

Samples drilled by the Curiosity rover on Mars have revealed abundant signs of a carbon cycle that remained hidden from ...

But geological formations clearly indicate that ... Curiosity’s findings also show evidence of an ancient carbon cycle on Mars. Researchers identified iron oxyhydroxides in the carbonate-bearing ...