Curiosity Reveals Mars' Uninhabitable Desert

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How did Mars turn into an uninhabitable desert? Curiosity rover rock samples may have answers

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Scientists studying data from NASA 's Curiosity rover have new insight into how Mars might have changed from a potentially habitable, water-rich planet to an uninhabitable desert.

As Curiosity traverses Gale Crater on Mars , it's performing experiments on rocks.

In performing this task on carbon-rich minerals, the rover has heated rock samples to analyze the gases produced.

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