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SuperCam
In news:
- NASA is sending a new laser-toting robot as one of seven instruments aboard the Mars 2020 rover Called SuperCam
- It fires lasers to study rocks, and will look for signs of past life on Red Planet.
- The robot is used for studying mineralogy and chemistry, It might help scientists find signs of fossilised microbial life on Mars.
- SuperCam includes a microphone so scientists can listen each time the laser hits a target.
