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Understanding whether Mars was once able to support life has been a major driving force for Mars research over the past 50 years. To decipher the planet s ancient climate and habitability, researchers look to the rock record - a physical record of ancient surface processes which reflect the environment and the prevailing climate at the time the rocks were deposited.
In a new paper published in
JGR: Planets, researchers on the NASA-JPL Mars Science Laboratory mission used the Curiosity rover to add another piece to the puzzle of Mars ancient past by investigating a unit of rocks within Gale crater.
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