Curiosity's science team is eager to
analyze rock samples pulled from the clay - bearing rocks seen in the center of the image.
Not exact matches
After a decade of mapping
rock formations and
analyzing samples, Brasier believes he has attained the extraordinary evidence that Schopf has not.
After inspiring millions of people worldwide with its successful landing in a crater on the Red Planet on Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (Aug. 6, 2012, EDT), Curiosity has provided more than 190 gigabits of data; returned more than 36,700 full images and 35,000 thumbnail images; fired more than 75,000 laser shots to investigate the composition of targets; collected and
analyzed sample material from two
rocks; and driven more than one mile (1.6 kilometers).
To estimate the density of ancient slabs, Klein compiled a large dataset of more than 1,400 previously
analyzed samples of both modern
rocks and komatiites — classic
rock types that were around 3 billion years ago but are no longer produced today.
There, the
sample was heated to temperatures high enough that the gasses within the
rock were released and could be
analyzed by an onboard mass spectrometer.
In the early 1980s we helped collect
rock samples from the site, which were then
analyzed to identify the iridium - rich clay layer that is now understood as the fallout from the impact of a comet or asteroid.
The robot fed the resulting
rock powder into its
Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, which heated the sample, vaporizing it into gases that the tool could an
Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, which heated the
sample, vaporizing it into gases that the tool could an
sample, vaporizing it into gases that the tool could
analyze.
They will soon begin replicating early Earth chemistry on
rocks and
analyzing the reaction products with their robotic
sampling system.
The researchers were permitted by the National Park Service to collect one new
rock sample to
analyze its magnetic properties, and added this to existing measurements made over 30 years ago from a few other sections of the tower.
SAM is set to
analyze its first solid
sample in the coming weeks, beginning the search for organic compounds in the
rocks and soils of Gale Crater.
The instrument also will
analyze samples of soil and
rock, as well as more atmosphere
samples.
In previous work, the research team
analyzed samples of ancient
rock collected from the Klamath Mountains of Northern California to find that the
rocks and surrounding trees there held large amounts of nitrogen.
Since this drilling is done in order to
analyze the underlying
rock strata, the core
samples are often kept for reference.
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