NASA's Curiosity rover found higher-than-usual manganese in Gale Crater lakebed rocks, suggesting ancient Mars had Earth-like conditions.

A NASA research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard the Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, suggesting these sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the shoreline of an ancient lake. The findings, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, indicate that ancient Mars may have had Earth-like conditions.

May 01, 2024
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