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Curiosity detects biologically useful nitrogen at Rocknest, John Klein, and Cumberland sites

Posted on March 24, 2015 by rburnham

A team using the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover has made the first detection of nitrogen on the surface of Mars from release during heating of Martian sediments. The nitrogen was detected in the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity finds active & ancient organic chemistry

Posted on December 16, 2014 by rburnham

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample collected by the robotic laboratory’s drill. “This temporary increase in methane — … Continue reading →

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