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Is There Life On Mars? of the Day
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63 days ago
by Cheezburger Network
Is There Life On Mars? of the Day: The Mars Rover Opportunity has found mineral deposits that a spectrometer analysis has confirmed to be calcium sulfate, providing even more hard evidence that water once flowed beneath the surface of the red planet. The material was found in a vein near the rim of ...
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Mars Rover Finds Vein of Gypsum Deposited by Water
64 days ago
by drdave
Vein of Gypsum at Homestake in Endeavour Crater – bright line, middle, right Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech The Mars rover Opportunity has returned images and evidence for the mineral Gypsum, composed of Calcium Sulfate, which is usually deposited in water. The discovery occurred at the site nickn ...
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NASA Finds Evidence of Water on Mars
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64 days ago
by Robert Williams
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the history of wet environments on Mars. “This tells a slam-dunk story that water flowed through underground fractures in the ...
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