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The Mars Curiosity rover is making findings every day. Now, it turns out that the first rock it examined on the Red Planet with a pair of chemical instruments was a bit more unusual than scientists first thought. The rock was a pyramid-shaped piece of volcanic rock called a “mugearite,” which was unlike any other Martian igneous rock ever found and may hint at water beneath the Mars surface.

 

 The rock was a pyramid-shaped piece of volcanic rock called a “mugearite,” which was unlike any other Martian igneous rock ever found. (Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)