Historic Mars Discovery: 14 Things It Could Totally Be

The Curiosity rover has reportedly made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars. The problem is that we will have to wait a few weeks to find out what it is.

Curiosity made the finding onboard its mobile chemistry lab, Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument (SAM for short). While NASA has so far been mum on the discovery, Curiosity Chief Scientist John Grotzinger told NPR that it will be "one for the history books." In fact, the data is so revolutionary that the team has to double-check to make sure that it is actually correct.

Based on Curiosity's detailed reports, we do know what the rover has been up to since her August landing. Besides snapping selfies and checking into Foursquare, Cu…
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