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Nasa and Esa want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here’s what will happen to the samples once they get here
A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa ...
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NASA and ESA want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here's what will happen to the samples once they get here
Only after that stage and another called "basic characterization," where scientists carry out an initial study of the minerals and chemistry of the rocks, will the samples gradually be released to ...
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A NASA rover just exposed something on Mars that eluded orbiters
A NASA rover taking rock samples on Mars has uncovered a plentiful mineral that was invisible to orbiters studying the Red Planet from space. Scientists say the discovery of siderite, a type of ...
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Yes, there could have been life on Mars — new NASA discovery supports theory
AFP/Getty Images Carbonate minerals typically form when carbon dioxide reacts with water and rock — which makes ... makes up a staggering 5–10% of the samples. What’s more, they were found ...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Strange Rocks on Mars
A rock containing many smaller round stones could indicate that there was once a large amount of liquid water on the Red ...
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Curiosity finally found Mars' missing carbon: 'Surprising and important breakthrough'
NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered siderite in Gale Crater. This shows Mars had a partial carbon cycle, storing and releasing ...
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Are we alone in the universe? These Mars rocks could finally give us an answer.
Rock samples could tell us whether it supported ... Based on satellite images, Jezero appeared to have deposits of minerals called carbonates along the crater rim. “From orbit it almost looked ...