Curiosity Rover Must Take Detour After Encountering ‘Gator Back’ Rocks on Mars

Forgot all about Curiosity, didn’t you? The veteran Mars rover spent most of last month climbing a gentle slope known as the Greenheugh Pediment, but now it has to turn back after encountering sharp rocks that could damage its wheels.Though recently overshadowed by the brand-spanking-new Perseverance rover, which is studying a dried up crater lake for signs of fossilized microbial life, the Curiosity rover is still very much alive and well on the Red Planet. Curiosity is studying geology o