12.03.2013 19:05 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Curiosity rover finds conditions on Mars that could have supported living microbes

"A fundamental question for this mission is whether Mars could have supported a habitable environment," says lead Mars Exploration Program scientist Michael Meyer, quoted in a NASA press release today. "From what we know now, the answer is yes." He's referring to the latest Curiosity findings announced at a press conference today, which NASA says "shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes." That evidence specifically comes from powder Curiosity drilled out of a rock near an ancient stream bed in Mars' Gale Crater, which contained sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon -- "some of

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