Clays on Mars: More Plentiful Than Expected
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
A new study co-authored by the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates that clay minerals, rocks that usually form when water is present for long periods of time, cover a larger portion of Mars than previously thought. In fact, the research team say clays were in some of the rocks studied by Opportunity when it landed at Eagle crater in 2004.