Tuesday 12 March 2013

Curiosity finds signs that life could have existed on Mars

Curiosity finds signs that life could have existed on Mars:
Artist’s concept of Curiosity (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has discovered a rock outcropping that may have been a suitable habitat for microbes in ancient times. Based on a sample collected by unmanned rover’s drill at the John Klein area in Gale Crater and analyzed using the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) and Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instruments, the findings contribute to Curiosity's primary mission of seeking out areas of the Red Planet where life may have once or still could exist... Continue Reading Curiosity finds signs that life could have existed on Mars

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