The rover can travel much faster and can overcome obstacles that could stop current Mars rovers.

JPL's ERNEST rover covered 16 miles in 37 hours of driving during desert testing, using active suspension and reinforcement learning to navigate terrain.

Every spacecraft NASA has sent beyond low-Earth orbit over the past two decades has relied on some version of the same brain: the RAD750, a radiation-hardened processor built by BAE Systems that runs ...

Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. The chance discovery is direct evidence of a form of ...

The Curiosity rover has uncovered the most diverse array of organic molecules ever found on Mars, including seven that had never been detected before on the red planet. These carbon-containing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Apr 26, 2025, 09:00am EDT NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark ...