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Curiosity Rover Spots Surprisingly Colorful ‘Twilight Clouds’ on Mars
The iridescent cloud reveals new clues about ice formation in the Martian atmosphere (no little green men, sorry).
Curiosity rover captures rare iridescent noctilucent clouds on mars
The clouds, composed of carbon dioxide ice crystals, glow in shades of red, green, and pearlescent hues in the martian twilight.
Mysterious colorful clouds drift through Mars’s sky in new Curiosity images
A recent video created from images captured by Curiosity shows clouds tinted red and green flowing though the sky over Mars. Captured using the rover’s Mastcam instrument on January 17, 2025, the video shows the clouds during twilight on the red planet.
NASA rover captures images of "mother-of-pearl" clouds on Mars
New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's eyes.
Curiosity rover captures colorful clouds drifting over Mars
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 4,426th Martian day,
'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video)
"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."
Mars Rover Captures Video of Colorful Dry Ice Clouds Drifting Over Red Planet
Martian clouds are almost always made of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide. 95% of the planet's atmosphere is CO2.
There’s A Mysterious Web-like Structure On Mars’s Surface, And NASA’s Curiosity Rover Has Started Its Journey To Find Out What It Is
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been traversing the red planet for over twelve years now, and has made some fascinating discoveries in that time. From telling us more about Mars’s weather and atmosphere, to confirming that the planet has the possibility of once supporting life,
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Makes First Discovery of Pure Sulfur on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock. This finding is considered a significant scientific breakthrough, as pure sulfur had never been detected on Mars before.
NASA finds 4-billion-year-old treasure on Mars that emerged after a mysterious ancient impact
NASA's Perseverance rover continues to surprise the scientific community with its discoveries on the surface of Mars.
NASA Mars rover makes discovery ‘unlike anything ever seen’ that could change what we know about planet
NASA’s Mars rover has made a discovery ‘unlike anything we’ve ever seen’, and it could help scientists have a better ...
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NASA collects 26th rock sample on Mars, plans to bring them all to Earth for study
NASA's Perseverance collects the “Silver Mountain” sample in Jezero, revealing geological secrets and possible traces of ...
Perseverance finds new kinds of rocks that could be the oldest ever found on Mars
Perseverance's drives over the last few weeks have doubled back several times. Why such an unconventional route? Team ...
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Perseverance Mars rover finds 'one-of-a-kind treasure' on Red Planet's Silver Mountain
The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.