What has NASA’s Mars Curiosity discovered that “is gonna be one for the history books,” as the project’s chief scientist John Grotzinger told NPR in a piece published Tuesday?
NASA isn’t saying for now, only noting that the observation comes from the rover’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, the largest of 10 different scientific tools on the robotic laboratory, which is designed to detect elements associated with life, including hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. NASA’s Grotzinger told NPR it would be several weeks before the agency could verify and then reveal the findings to the public. Read and listen to the full, tantalizing report here.
