NASA's newest rover "Curiosity" is getting ready to leave Earth. Its destination: Gale Crater on Mars. Today's story from Science@NASA explains the attraction of this Martian crater with a strangely-sculpted mountain the middle.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/29sep_galecrater/
A video version of this story is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqeftciRFA