Mars has long been seen as a barren wasteland, but a stunning new discovery by NASA’s Perseverance rover suggests the Red ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

Rocks loafing about on the surface of Mars have been harboring secrets about the red planet's mysterious past.

Ancient Mars may have been warmer, wetter, and weirder than expected, according to an discovery made by NASA's Mars ...

Spinels refer to minerals such as magnesium, nickel, or zinc packed tightly into cubic crystals. Spinel oxides have been explored for their potential as active electrochemical oxygen evolution ...

Spinel, MgAl 2 O 4 (download cif), is a rare gemstone that was used to imitate rubies. The structure has face-centered cubic symmetry, and is a little heavy to understand. The general formula is AB 2 ...

Mars expert Roger Wiens and his team, including the rover Perseverance, discovered fascinating rocks incorporating kaolinite ...

The presence of kaolinite, associated with minerals like spinel, raises many questions. Researchers are trying to understand how these rocks formed and what they reveal about the history of water and ...

and the mineral is quite soft. On Mars, the rocks are white but not as soft, possibly due to other processes that may have hardened the rocks. These rocks were also found to contain spinel, likely ...