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Space: The Next Generation

Inside Gale Crater

The Curiosity rover detects a Mars environment that may once have looked like early Earth.

By Jim Festante
Dec 09, 20144:22 PM
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Newly released observations by the Curiosity rover suggest a crater on Mars once had the conditions necessary to sustain long-lasting lakes that stood for millions, maybe even tens of millions of years.

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