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Nasa’s Curiosity rover celebrates its 10th — but hardly last — birthday on Mars

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2 years, 5 months ago

Curiosity studies ingredients of life from 3.5-billion-year-old rock on Mars

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One of the biggest aims of several missions currently active on Mars is to identify the first signs of life. Scientists have measured the total organic carbon a key component in the molecules of life in Martian rocks for the first time by analysing the data from the curiosity rover. “Total organic carbon is one of several measurements that help …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Is there life on Mars? Curiosity begins exploring region full of clay, salty minerals

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The Curiosity rover, which has been trundling on the surface of Mars for eight years, entered its ninth year of the mission by venturing into an unexplored part of Mars. Engineers driving the rover on the Martian surface said that the mountain’s layers in this area may reveal how the ancient environment within Gale Crater dried up over time. “The …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Curiosity rover finds new clues indicating Mars likely had salty lakes

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Scientists for long have believed that Mars in its past had conditions to support some form of life. Curiosity rover sent to study the surface of Mars has sent clues suggesting the red planet once had salty lakes. The Curiosity rover trundling on the surface of Mars has been a source of understanding the geology of the Gale crater that …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Is there methane on Mars? Scientists close to solving mystery of the gas on Red Planet

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When it comes to the search of ancient microbial life beyond Earth, Mars has been the closest to having traces of gases and conditions that might support the activity. While the gas has been observed by the Curiosity rover, which is trundling on the surface of the Gale crater on Mars, the European Space Agency's orbiter hovering above has not …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Mars may have been habitable for millions of years, finds study

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As the Perseverance rover begins its journey to look for signs of ancient microbial life in the Jazero crater, a new study of soil samples from the Gale crater has strengthened the possibility that life once flourished on the now-barren Mars. The Gale crater is home to Nasa's Curiosity rover, which is about 3,700 kilometres away from Perseverance's location. Researchers …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Mars Once Had Lakes, Rivers and Climate Mimicking Today's Iceland. So What Went Wrong?

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Though all our eight planets are wildly different from one another today, some similarities can still be spotted. One such theory being proposed is that a crater on Mars might have been very closely similar to Iceland, 3 billion years ago. “Sedimentary rocks in Gale Crater instead detail a climate that likely falls in between these two scenarios. The ancient …

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NASA's Curiosity Rover Found Early Mars Was Habitable. But Did Aliens Really Live There?

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Elon Musk wants humans to colonize Mars – but what if we’re not the first species there? NASA’s Curiosity rover recently discovered traces that a flood had once washed over the Gale crater on Mars, around four billion years ago. The water vapour and release of gases from the surface may have combined to produce a short period of warm …

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Data from NASA's Curiosity Rover Hints at Ancient Megaflood in Mars: Study

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Giant flash floods once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around four billion years ago, according to a study which hints at the possibility that life may have existed on the Red Planet. The research, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, assessed data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover — launched in November 2011 — and found that ”gigantic …

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Mars was capable of sustaining life, has traces of gigantic flash floods on Gale crater, finds study

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A new study at Scientific Reports has suggested that Mars was capable of sustaining life a long time ago. The findings on the gigantic flash floods on Mars' Gale crater were ascertained detailed sedimentological data observed by Nasa's Curiosity rover which was launched in November 2011. "We identified megafloods for the first time using detailed sedimentological data observed by the …

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Nasa’s Curiosity rover celebrates its 10th — but hardly last — birthday on Mars

Curiosity studies ingredients of life from 3.5-billion-year-old rock on Mars

Is there life on Mars? Curiosity begins exploring region full of clay, salty minerals

Curiosity rover finds new clues indicating Mars likely had salty lakes

Is there methane on Mars? Scientists close to solving mystery of the gas on Red Planet

Mars may have been habitable for millions of years, finds study

Mars Once Had Lakes, Rivers and Climate Mimicking Today's Iceland. So What Went Wrong?

NASA's Curiosity Rover Found Early Mars Was Habitable. But Did Aliens Really Live There?

Data from NASA's Curiosity Rover Hints at Ancient Megaflood in Mars: Study

Mars was capable of sustaining life, has traces of gigantic flash floods on Gale crater, finds study