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Curiosity Rover finds carbon deposits on Mars

Curiosity rover reveals ancient carbon cycle on Mars

Billions of years ago, Mars was warm, wet, and capable of sustaining liquid water on its surface. Scientists have long believed the Red Planet once had a dense atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide (CO₂),

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A NASA rover finally found Mars’ missing carbon

The Curiosity rover identified hidden caches of the mineral siderite, which could help explain why Mars lost its habitable climate.

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Curiosity rover finds large carbon deposits on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon dioxide to support liquid water existing on the planet's surface. As the atmosphere thinned, the carbon dioxide transformed into rock form.

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Does the planet K2-18b show signs of life? | Explained

K2-18b, a potentially habitable exoplanet 124 lightyears away, may contain biomarker DMS, but its habitability remains ...

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Most Carbon-Rich Asteroids Never Make It to Earth—and Now We Know Why

Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

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Is there life on another planet? Scientists find the strongest evidence yet

Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

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Have astronomers found extraterrestrial life on a distant planet? Here's the discovery

Observations by the James Webb space telescope find possible biological activity on a giant planet 124 light-years from Earth ...

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