The first Martian rock NASA's Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied composition than expected from previous missions. The rock also resembles some unusual rocks from Earth's interior.
- NASA
One of the many things that we have learned from this spectacular mission, and in particular this dumb rock (which has a name, Jake Matijevic, and is the size of an American football), and also Curiosity's ChemCam (which is equipped with a laser), is that aliens do in fact zap things.
