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One of the mission scientists leading the boxwork investigation, joined "Jesse Weber Live" on Thursday to discuss the ...

NASA highlights some of the discoveries it has made on the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

New photos captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show that Mars' giant, spiderweb-like "boxwork" features are covered in tiny, never-before-seen nodules that bear a striking resemblance to arachnid eggs.

For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured images of hilly terrain on Mars, described by scientists as resembling spiderwebs from orbit, which provide clues about the planet’s watery past.

Scientists think groundwater once moved through fractures in bedrock which resulted in the infamous stone latticework.

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months exploring the site to investigate if they are a clue to the presence of water.

The rover also discovered bumpy textures called nodules, an obvious sign of past groundwater that has been spotted many times by Curiosity and other Mars missions. Unexpectedly, these nodules were not ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover continues detailed observations of boxwork formations at Gale Crater while monitoring atmospheric dust as Mars enters its dusty season.

Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations — low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall ...