Mysterious bright object found on Mars



Curiosity Robot that runs missions landed on the planet Mars since August 6, 2012 and then again made an exciting discovery. This time, Curiosity finding an object that can not be identified.

The object was found when the six-wheeled robot with a scoop of Martian soil in a region called Rocknest. Objects found in the second sampling on Friday (12/10/2012) then.

Previously, Curiosity also had found the bright object on Sunday (07/10/2012). However, upon investigation, the object turned out to be junk. There are 5 to 6 similar objects that allegedly came Curiosity landing process.

Experience makes the mission control team carefully. At the sampling time, the team did not directly ask Curiosity took the mysterious object. Curiosity prompted moves to the side and take a few pictures, aware of any similar object.

"We're super paranoid. Teams decided that if the sample is a man-made, we should not take it," said John Grotzinge from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, team members controllers, as quoted by Space, Thursday (18/10/2012) .

Curiosity Observations showed bright objects newly discovered mysterious indeed from Mars. According to scientists, bright object that might be part of the process of soil formation. Bright color is obtained by dividing the object.

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