NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover shows geological members of the Yellowknife Bay formation on Mars The rock that suddenly appeared next to the NASA’s Opportunity rover in the beginning of January turns out to have an irregular chemical composition for Mars: it has too much sulfur, magnesium and manganese, scientists say. In particular, the rock has twice as much manganese as anything that previously... 

The image catches a shadow of the rover, located on the western rim of Endeavour, in the foreground and the giant crater in the distance. NASA’s Mars exploration rover Opportunity has returned an exceptional view of the large Martian Endeavour Crater, which spans about 22 kilometers in diameter. The image catches a shadow of the rover, located on the western rim of Endeavour, in the foreground and...