13 March 2013
Seven months after NASA's rover Curiosity landed on Mars to assess if the planet most like Earth had the necessary ingredients for life, scientists have their answer: Yes.
Analysis of powdered samples drilled out from inside an ancient and once water-soaked rock at the rover's Gale Crater landing site show clays, sulfates and other minerals that are all key to life, scientists told reporters at NASA headquarters in Washington and on a conference call on Tuesday.
Source: Reuters
