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A NASA rover taking rock samples on Mars has uncovered a plentiful mineral that was invisible to orbiters studying the Red Planet from space. Scientists say the discovery of siderite, a type of ...
AFP/Getty Images Carbonate minerals typically form when carbon dioxide reacts with water and rock — which makes ... makes up a staggering 5–10% of the samples. What’s more, they were found ...
A weathered sign in the Minnesota River Valley proudly proclaims: “World’s Oldest Rock.” Erected in 1975, it marks a 3.8-billion-year-old gneiss — or so scientists thought.
A rock containing many smaller round stones could indicate that there was once a large amount of liquid water on the Red ...
SRAM's Maven Ultimate brakes prove their power and modulation, but needed some maintenance to ensure consistent performance.
Perseverance's exploration of Jezero Crater reveals key rock samples, enhancing understanding of Mars' dynamic history and ...
NASA has found a rock on Mars that it has dubbed Skull Hill. The rock is known as a "float rock," and NASA has no idea where ...
Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is a proposed method of carbon dioxide sequestration that involves spreading crushed silicate ...
Rock and mineral enthusiasts are meeting for the 62nd annual Parade of Gems. There's a dog show at Sozo, and an Earth Day event and Kids Fish In at Sarg Hubbard. Plenty of local wineries ...
Based on fundamental research, a new startup is upending decades-old approaches for the way the world extracts lithium and other materials.
Latitude 66’s KSB project in Finland is a key part of a wide-scale, European Union-funded geophysical and geological exploration and innovation program hunting for new critical mineral resources ...