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Curiosity rover finds complex organics preserved on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover has detected a diverse array of organic molecules in 3.5-billion-year-old clay-rich rocks in Mars' Gale Crater, including compounds resembling DNA precursors. The ...

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Mars rover goes dark this holiday season; here’s why

AUSTIN (KXAN) — For more than a decade, the Curiosity rover has explored the surface of Mars. In just a few days, it will go dark as NASA loses contact with the Martian explorer. From Dec. 27 to ...
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Curiosity rover finds most diverse organics yet on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified the most diverse set of organic molecules ever detected on Mars, including several never before seen there. The compounds, found in ancient lakebed rocks, add ...
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Mars Rover Curiosity to Double as Martian Weather Station

When NASA's next Mars rover, Curiosity, arrives at the Red Planet next month, it will help pave the way for the humans that might one day follow. In addition to looking for signs of current and ...

NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers metal‑rich hotspot tied to ancient Martian lake

A team of scientists using the ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has discovered the highest amounts of iron, ...