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Curiosity Rover Reveals Mars' Water History in Stunning Panoramas

1/7/2026

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NASA's Curiosity rover captured a new panoramic image from Mount Sharp in Gale Crater; a November 2025 two-Martian-day composite shows changing light across water-formed terrain.
Curiosity is studying the boxwork formations that hold evidence of past water activity.
The rover has drilled rock samples to analyze the shift from a wetter environment to the present arid state.

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NASA's Curiosity rover captured a new panoramic image from Mount Sharp in Gale Crater; a November 2025 two-Martian-day composite shows changing light across water-formed terrain.
Curiosity is studying the boxwork formations that hold evidence of past water activity.
The rover has drilled rock samples to analyze the shift from a wetter environment to the present arid state.