Mars Continues to Surprise Us

CuriousMars: SAM and CheMin Ace Rock Analysis, Ready for More, SpaceRef
“The Mars rover Curiosity is this week in the midst of potentially historic discoveries as the full range of its capabilities are brought to bear for the first time on a gray powdered Martian subsurface rock sample.”
“The sample, drilled from within a mudstone type rock, was totally unexpected this early in the mission and could reveal whether this once water soaked region of Mars preserved organic carbon pertinent to past life on Mars.”