NASA's Curiosity rover spots a coral-like mineral formation on the surface of the Red Planet - Daily Mail

The Curiosity team confirmed it was a 'diagenetic crystal cluster', that experts from NASA JPL suggest may have been formed by minerals precipitating from water.

NASA's Curiosity rover has captured an image of what appears to be a coral-like 'flower' in the Gale Crater on Mars, but is actually a microscopic mineral formation. The microscopic view of Martian … [+5240 chars]

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