07 October 2019
Salty rocks found by Curiosity supports theory that Mars once had vast lakes
... metres (980 ft) thick, which has helped scientists uncover this latest piece of the puzzle. Using Curiosity’s ChemCam instrument, a tool that vaporises rock surfaces to identify the chemical and mineral composition of rocks and soils...
28 June 2016
Oxides discovered on Mars hint at an oxygen-rich past
..., making it more Earth-like than previously thought. Found by firing lasers from Curiosity's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument onto the Martian surface, the oxides, along with a series of other substantial geological discoveries, help...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... by NASA’s Curiosity rover, October 2016. Iron-nickel meteorite. [10] Bright spots on Egg Rock are from the ChemCam laser. Mineral wealth Counted among the innumerable impactors that cratered Mars are millions of asteroids from...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
...-magnification images of the martian regolith. The chemical compositions are also known based on other instrument data (e.g. ChemCam) but the density and porosity, grain size distribution, flow properties and modal mineral proportions are...
