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Clay Minerals

Kaolinite Iron-rich Clays Smectite Olivine Feldspar Iron-rich Clay Subsurface Analysis Illite Water Presence Mars Clay Deposits

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4mo ago

Lucy Flyby Shows Peanut‑Shaped Asteroid Is Water‑Altered Fragment of Ancient Collision

New Science results reveal the object's bilobed shape, tumbling rotation, age and minerals while validating Lucy’s instruments ahead of its Trojan campaign.

4 ARTICLES

11mo ago

Perseverance Links Jezero’s White Clays to Rainfall on Ancient Mars

3 ARTICLES

last yr.

Perseverance Rover Finds Clay Minerals in ‘Kenmore’ and Sets New Autonomous Drive Record