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Purple mangosteen fruit (Garcinia mangostana), together with its cross section. It's a seasonal fruit. Outer part of the skin will be very hard.

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This 11-minute animation depicts key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which launched in late 2011 and landed a rover, Curiosity, on Mars in August 2012.

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