Tag: Curiosity

  • Evidence of Lake ‘Much Like that on Early Earth’s Found on Mars

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    Jonathan Amos, Science Correspondent for BBC News reports on the stunning findings relayed to scientists by NASA’s Curiosity rover. The ancient lake environment found in Mars’ Gale Crater could have supported microbes called chemolithoautotrophs – if they had been present. Known as Yellowknife bay, this topographic low has been shown through the drilling and chemical…

  • Martian Atmosphere Destroyed Billions of Years Ago

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    CNN’s Elizabeth Landau highlights new findings by NASA’s Mars rover Curiousity: Two new studies in the journal Science this week suggest that the Martian atmosphere hasn’t changed much in terms of chemical composition in the past 4 billion years. It’s much thinner than our planet’s atmosphere, and the mix of ingredients isn’t friendly to living…