IRAP, 26 days ago French [#ScienceNews on #Mars] The #ChemCam instrument installed on NASA's #Curiosity rover has identified the presence of #manganese in particularly high concentrations within #rocks that dot the floor of the #Gale crater. This discovery shows that these #sediments were formed in a river, a delta or near the shore of an ancient lake. It raises questions about #oxydation processes on Mars... and reinforces the hypothesis of past #habitability... Details+ : https://discover.lanl.gov/news/0501-ancient-mars/
[#ScienceNews on #Mars] The #ChemCam instrument installed on NASA's #Curiosity rover has identified the presence of #manganese in particularly high concentrations within #rocks that dot the floor of the #Gale crater.
This discovery shows that these #sediments were formed in a river, a delta or near the shore of an ancient lake. It raises questions about #oxydation processes on Mars... and reinforces the hypothesis of past #habitability...
Details+ : https://discover.lanl.gov/news/0501-ancient-mars/
