Instrument on rover helps identify outcrop of long sought-after rare rock on Mars

Scientists have been searching for martian carbonate rocks for decades because such minerals are crucial to understanding the early climate history of Mars and the related question of whether the planet might once have held life.

Link: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=9914

Time: 3. Jun. 2010

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Topics: mars