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Curiosity Rover Finds Biologically ­seful Nitrogen on Mars


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Curiosity self-portrait on Mars

This self-portrait of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines dozens of exposures taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Feb. 3, 2013), plus three exposures taken during Sol 270 (

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

A team using the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite aboard NASA's Curiosity rover has made the first detection of nitrogen on the surface of Mars from release during heating of Martian sediments.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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