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Join us on Monday, September 22 for “The Art of Inquiry,” a special Flagstaff Festival of Science exhibition showcasing a six-week collaboration...

Curiosity has started to investigate the main exposure of the boxwork structures! What was once a distant target is now on our doorstep, and Curiosity...

Once a year USGS Flagstaff Campus employees steal away to a place of science discovery in our own neighborhood. On May 29, folks from the five science...

RESTON, VA. — The U.S. Geological Survey used cutting-edge Earth science to publish the first off-planet mineral prospectivity map – assessing likely...

Earth planning date: Monday, June 16, 2025

Over the weekend Curiosity successfully wrapped up activities at the “Altadena” drill site and got back on...

Today, the mid-latitudes of Mars are too warm and dry for surface ice to persist; any exposed frost or ice would quickly sublimate into the atmosphere...

This is a Curiosity Blog written by Dr. Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center, about the exploration being done on...

Dr. Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center, shares the adventure of exploring Mars via NASA's Mars Science Laboratory...

As skywatchers around the world search the sky for Potentially Hazardous Asteroids, 2024 YR4 became high on the list to impact Earth in December 2032...

Written by Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center

Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025