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What’s Curiosity doing now? Watch NASA TV
NASA TV has been celebrating the Curiosity landing all week, plus talking about what's next. Follow the link in this post to watch.
August 7, 2012
Curiosity and its parachute spotted on descent to Mars
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of the Curiosity rover as it descended by parachute to the surface of Mars.
August 6, 2012
Mars landing sites of previous rovers and Curiosity
Awesome video shows the Mars landing sites of all seven NASA spacecraft to reach Mars, including the new Curiosity rover.
August 6, 2012
Curiosity rover safely lands on Mars
NASA scientists say the new one-ton rover Curiosity made a picture-perfect landing in the Gale Crater on Mars.
August 6, 2012
What will happen when Curiosity gets to Mars?
The spacecraft is healthy and on course for delivering the new Curiosity rover to Mars on August 5. What will happen when it gets there?
August 4, 2012
Mars tugging on approaching Curiosity rover
The gravitational tug of Mars is now pulling in NASA's car-size geochemistry laboratory, Curiosity, for a suspenseful landing in less than 40 hours.
August 4, 2012
Have you seen this new image of galaxy NGC 1187?
An amazing image of a spiral galaxy NGC 1187 that lies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (The River).
August 3, 2012
Curiosity rover will touch down August 5
NASA's Curiosity rover will attempt a daring landing on Mars on August 5-6, 2012. EarthSky spoke with the mission's chief scientist.
August 2, 2012
Interactive map lets you explore 786 known exoplanets
There might be 100 billion exoplanets in our Milky Way galaxy. Have fun with an Interactive map exploring the 786 known ones.
July 31, 2012
Massive stars overwhelm their partners
The most massive stars in the universe suck material from companion stars or melt with them to become even more massive, says a new study.
July 30, 2012
