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Clay Minerals

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

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2mo 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.

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9mo ago

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

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last yr.

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