Nasa may have discovered signs of life on Mars - but it's not telling. Yet. <\/p>\n
The space agency has reportedly found something of huge importance on the Red Planet, thanks to the latest samples gathered by the $2.5bn Curiosity rover, according to media reports which emerged on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
The find is described as \"one for the history books\" - but Nasa is keeping its cards close to its chest. <\/p>\n
It's checking and rechecking the data to make sure it's found... whatever it is that it's found, before making an announcement in December. <\/p>\n
It is speculated that the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument may have found organic compounds, or evidence of the same, in a dirt sample. It is also possible the rover may have found proof of Methane in the Martian air - a sign that life once existed in some form on the planet. <\/p>\n
\"This data is gonna be one for the history books,\" Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger, of Caltech in Pasadena, told NPR. \"It's looking really good.\" <\/p>\n
This image taken by the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover highlights the geology of Mount Sharp, a mountain inside Gale Crater, where the rover landed. <\/p>\n
This photo is from a test series of the 100-millimeter Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover. It is looking south-southwest of the landing site and taken on Aug. 23, 2012. <\/p>\n
Another test photo from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity Rover. Again, it's looking south-southwest on Aug. 23, 2012. The gravelly area of the landing site is visible in the foreground. <\/p>\n
The landing site is visibile here in this portion of a 360-degree color panorama along the heights of Mount Sharp. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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