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Curiosity rover finds evidence of Mars' primitive continental crust
Curiosity rover finds evidence of Mars' primitive continental crust
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The ChemCam laser instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover has turned its beam onto some unusually light-colored rocks on Mars, and the results are surprisingly similar to Earth's granitic continental crust rocks. This is the first discovery of a potential 'continental crust' on Mars.