Hydrogen and asteroid impacts may have aided life on ancient Mars

Data from NASA's Curiosity rover indicates that if you want life on Mars, add hydrogen and and send down some asteroids. A new study used the results from Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument and laboratory simulations to show that the impact of asteroids caused hydrogen in the ancient Martian atmosphere to stimulate the creation of the nitrates required to sustain life.

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Category: Space

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• Curiosity Rover
• Exobiology
• Mars
• NASA

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