SingAstro

http://www.universetoday.com/98576/has- ... more-98576

Apparently Curiosity has made an Earth-shaking discovery, but NASA is not announcing it because they want to verify the data, which is expected to take a few weeks. A few weeks! I can't stand the suspense!!

My guesses below:

• Microscopic fossils
  Evidence of wet soil below the surface

What are your guesses?

OK, the Bad Astronomer has posted a follow-up article, advising people like me to calm down

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronom ... omment_box

"As for history books, the whole mission is for the history books,..." John Grotzinger. Perhaps reporter over-reacted. Oops.

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11 ... king-news/

Yeah, that's true. But still ...

To close this topic:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/ ... ntire.html

And here is a bit of a joke on guys like me:
http://www.meteorwatch.org/2012/11/20/f ... d-on-mars/