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Mars Curiosity Rover: Mars More Like Earth Than Ever

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The latest data from the Mars Curiosity Rover suggests that Mars had a continental crust similar to the one Earth has. Researchers analyzed data collected with the rover’s ChemCam instrument (short for Chemistry and Camera) and determined that the composition of the rocks on Mars was reminiscent of Earth’s crust.

Mars More Like Earth Than Ever

The new evidence from the Mars Curiosity Rover supports the notion that many scientists have held lately, that Mars was once much more like Earth than previously thought. Because of what researchers had previously known of the Martian surface, that it was covered in dark igneous rocks similar to the ones that make up the underwater crust of the Earth, Mars was thought of as being a basaltic planet.

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