The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, the new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

NASA says new images and data are ‘raising new questions about how the Martian surface was changing billions of years ago’ ...

NASA Curiosity Rover's shocking discovery about Mars is here. NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured images of a coral-shaped ...

The Curiosity Mars rover photographed more rocks that are shaped like coral on the red planet's surface. Researchers said the ...

When liquid water still existed on Mars, it carried dissolved minerals into rock cracks, NASA said. Once the liquid dried, it left the hardened minerals behind. The "unique shapes" left today were ...

This is because these objects formed “billions of years ago when liquid water still existed on the Red Planet. Water carried ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped black and white images of a rock on the Martian surface that looks remarkably like a piece of coral.

The little Mars rover is still picking up all-new abilities that keep it rolling ever forward, even as its heart is dying.

On Aug. 6, 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover successfully touched down on the Martian surface. Curiosity is NASA's biggest and ...

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So the idea was to create this foundation that would support curiosity-driven research, knowing that there might not be a product at the end of it.

Carly York's new book explains how the most curious and even silly-seeming scientific research can lead to crucial breakthroughs. The author joins Michel Martin to discuss.