Samples from Mars show that the planet could have once supported life.
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Samples from Mars show that the planet could have once supported life.
« on: May 06, 2015, 02:48:47 PM »

Last February, NASA's Curiosity rover used its onboard drill to obtain the first powder rock sample ever collected from the surface of another planet. The first scoop had traces of sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and carbon, scientists found — all elements that are considered necessary to support life on Earth.

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