NASA's intrepid Curiosity rover on Mars now has the ability to choose an interesting rock target and fire its scientific laser at it autonomously. Yep, that's right. A car-sized rover can select a ...

NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, is armed with a laser to zap rocks, not Martians. The laser can vaporize rocks at a distance of 23 feet.

Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Curiosity was back at work on Monday, ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is slated to fire its rock-zapping laser for the first time over the next few days, shortly before the 1-ton robot's maiden drive.

New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a region scientists had previously observed only ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has fired the first laser on Mars, zapping a Martian rock called Coronation 30 times in 10 seconds. The laser test on Aug. 19 was a success.

NASA's Curiosity rover, which actually hasn't moved an inch since it precariously touched down on Mars two weeks ago, fired its nuclear-powered laser for the first time Sunday.

Curiosity touched down on Mars in 2012, on a mission to determine if the planet ever could have supported microscopic life. In that time, Curiosity has analyzed 1,400 targets, firing its laser ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has has fired its first laser, analyzing the chemical composition of a Martian rock. Skip to main content. The homepage. The Verge logo.

You're looking at the next rock that NASA's Curiosity rover will shoot with its powerful laser and X-ray spectrometer as part of its first close-up science investigation on Mars.. The rover has ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover spotted a dark, golf ball-sized object earlier this week that looks completely different than the typical rocks found on the red planet. The object was spotted on a ...

Mars Curiosity Rover Spectrometers (Courtesy NASA/JPL) The ChemCam spectrometers consist of three separate units covering separate spectral ranges. Each spectrometer unit is a modified version of ...