Open AccessCuriosity Sends Curious Water Data from Mars
Author(s) -
Sarah Stanley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo053807
Subject(s) - curiosity , mars exploration program , astrobiology , geology , environmental science , psychology , physics , neuroscience
The rover's neutron spectroscopy instrument hints at an unexpected trend: The upper soil levels in the layers of Gale Crater's Kimberley formation seem to hold more water-associated hydrogen.