NASA releases first 'laser spectrum'
This is the first laser spectrum from the 'Chemistry and Camera' (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover.
Graphs like this are created when the rover zaps a rocks with its laser and uses spectrometers to analyse the gases that are emitted and detect different elements present in the rock.
New Will.i.am song makes interplanetary debut
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity beamed Will.i.am's new song, Reach for the Stars, to earth.
Will.i.am to debut latest single on Mars
The Black Eyed Peas rapper will debut his latest single Reach For The Stars on Mars tonight.
First tyre tracks on Mars on spot named after author
NASA has named the spot where its Curiosity rover landed on Mars 'Bradbury Landing' after the celebrated science-fiction author Ray Bradbury