---
title: "Top 5 Discoveries from Curiosity’s First Year on Mars"
description: "    [caption id=\"attachment_11541\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"660\"] Image credit: NASA/JLP[/caption]   You can read more about some of Curiosity's activities here: Life on Mars? Contradictory Evidence Says “Maybe Not” Curiosity Confirms First Drilled Mars Sample Breaking News: Curiosity Reveals Mars could have Supported Microbial Life What happens if Curiosity finds water on Mars? What happens if..."
date: "2013-12-04"
modified: "2013-12-04"
authors:
  - name: "Joshua Filmer"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/joshuafqtq"
url: "https://futurism.com/top-5-discoveries-from-curiositys-first-year-on-mars"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# Top 5 Discoveries from Curiosity’s First Year on Mars

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/110981.png>)

[![Image credit: NASA/JLP](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/11098.png>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/11098.png>)
*Image credit: NASA/JLP*

You can read more about some of Curiosity's activities here:

Life on Mars? Contradictory Evidence Says “Maybe Not”

Curiosity Confirms First Drilled Mars Sample

Breaking News: Curiosity Reveals Mars could have Supported Microbial Life

[What happens if Curiosity finds water on Mars? What happens if it doesn’t?](<https://futurism.com/what-happens-if-curiosity-finds-water-on-mars-what-happens-if-it-doesnt>)

## Author
Joshua specializes in Mathematics and Physics at Portland State University.