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10 Feb 2013

Using a drill at the end of its robotic arm, Curiosity bore a hole 6.4cm deep into the rock, generating powder for evaluation, Nasa said in a statement.

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Finding the Higgs boson tops scientific achievements this year

30 Dec 2012

From landing the Curiosity rover on Mars after a 350-million-mile journey, to the discovery of the world's most wanted subatomic particle, the top 10 scientific achievements of 2012 have been...

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Curiosity discovers soil on Mars is like sand in Hawaii

1 Nov 2012

In the first inventory of minerals on another planet, Nasa's Mars rover Curiosity found soil that bears a striking resemblance to weathered, volcanic sand in Hawaii, scientists said.

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Curiosity finds Mars rock similar to Hawaiian stone

13 Oct 2012

When scientists selected a rock to test the Mars rover Curiosity's laser, they expected it to contain the same minerals as rocks found elsewhere on the red planet, but learned instead it was more...

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Nasa’s Mars rover finds rock with earth-like chemistry

12 Oct 2012

When scientists selected a rock to test the Mars rover Curiosity’s laser, they expected it to contain the same minerals as rocks found elsewhere on the Red Planet, but learned instead it was more...

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