As the Curiosity rover explores its way around Mars, it isn’t only looking down at the martian rocks and regolith — it is also looking up at the martian sky. Like Earth, Mars has its own seasonal ...

Mars will probably become the first planet in this Universe the human race will ever visit, and only then will we begin to get a true sense of the place. Because, even if we feel like we know a lot ...

Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover using its Mastcam—its main set of "eyes." Taken over 16 minutes on Jan. 17 (the ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Atmospheric conditions came together just right on Wednesday afternoon to produce something we don't see that often here in the Quad Cities: rainbow clouds. Many of you quickly took ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this feather-shaped iridescent cloud just after sunset on Jan. 27, 2023, the 3,724th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Studying the colors in iridescent clouds ...