They found something important on Mars!

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Scientists working on NASA’s Curiosity rover they found something important on Mars! But they have to wait to be sure of their results. NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity dug up five scoops of sand from a patch nicknamed “Rocknest.” Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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They have some exciting new results from one of Curiosity’s miniature chemistry lab called SAM. They’re cautious to make a big announcement concerning the “really interesting” data, until they verify their results.

John Grotzinger, the principal investigator for the rover mission, said:

“This data is gonna be one for the history books,” he said. “It’s looking really good.”