NASA has selected Gale crater as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory, scheduled to arrive in August 2012. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

Mars' Gale Crater may not have been so wet after all, a new study suggests. NASA's Curiosity rover touched down inside the 96-mile-wide (154 kilometers) Gale in August 2012, on a mission to assess ...

White goes on to claim that the rock formation is indelible proof that an ancient civilization once ruled Mars. As of this time, the video has nearly 30,000 views. His channel, meanwhile, has more ...

There’s a very good reason NASA planners chose Mars’s Gale Crater as the landing site for the Curiosity Rover when it touched down on the Red Planet in the summer of 2012. Gale Crater was once ...

Before the first spaceflight, humanity’s sense of what—or who—might be in our galactic neighborhood was, by today’s standards, remarkably optimistic.

Craters are commonly formed when a planet comes into violent contact with extra-planetary objects, and Gale crater is no exception; astronomers believe the crater was formed by an impact event ...

NASA's Curiosity rover explored Mars' Gale Crater, finding "boxwork" patterns and evidence of ancient waterways, providing clues about the red planet's watery past.

NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life—with evidence for ...

Curiosity has spent over a decade in the Gale Crater, the Martian landmark in which it landed in 2012. The 100-mile-wide crater was formed by an asteroid impact some 3.5 to 3.8 billion years ago.

Manganese‐Rich Sandstones as an Indicator of Ancient Oxic Lake Water Conditions in Gale Crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2024; 129 (5) DOI: 10.1029/2023JE007923; ...

The Curiosity rover captured a panorama in Mars' Gale Crater this February. NASA has since converted that data into an immersive video.