NASA Mars Mission: No Little Green Men -- Yet
11/30/2012 NASA debunks rumors of new evidence of life on Mars, but its Curiosity rover continues to make many smaller discoveries. Some of NASA's latest images raise interesting questions.
11/30/2012 NASA debunks rumors of new evidence of life on Mars, but its Curiosity rover continues to make many smaller discoveries. Some of NASA's latest images raise interesting questions.
Bright Particle
This image, taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager camera, shows a mysterious "bright particle" in the Martian soil. The bright particle, and others similar to it, "prompted concern," according to NASA. At first, mission scientists thought the particle might be a shred of debris from the spacecraft, but they determined it and others were native to Mars. But NASA hasn't really explained just what the material is or what accounts for its light color. Credit: NASA
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