Following reports that NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on the surface of Mars on Feb. 18, many false images and videos claiming to depict the landing have surfaced on social media. One post now ...

We’ve seen photos of Martian sunsets before, but nothing quite as spectacular as these. Why are Martian sunsets blue? Long before Curiosity landed on Mars, the prospect of color photos made me dream.

The image is a composite of 2 panoramas taken at different times of day, with color added for artistic interpretation. Curiosity has been exploring Mars for over a decade, searching for signs that the ...