NASA’s Perseverance rover has assembled a compelling mineralogical case that Jezero crater on Mars once sustained a warm, wet ...

Bright white rocks. Scattered across the rusty red plains of Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted them in Jezero crater which the scientists have b.

“It’s hard to form rocks like these without a lot of water,” said Dr. Briony Horgan, a planetary scientist and member of NASA’s Perseverance rover team. That single observation sums up the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of the small planet may have once supported wet oases ...

Pale rocks discovered by the Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater reveal surprising clues about Mars' watery past. These formations, rich in kaolinite, suggest a much more turbulent geological history ...

Has there ever been life on Mars? Scientists have pondered this question for years, and a recent discovery suggests it just might be possible! NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars ...

A recent study has found that clay, specifically kaolinite, could be used to discover gold and the critical minerals vital for the clean energy transition. According to Western Australia-based ...

Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These aluminum-rich clays, called kaolinite, usually form on Earth only after millions ...

Clay is king for creating ancient fossils. In a new study, researchers confirmed that kaolinite, a mineral found in certain fine-grained rocks around the world, is a key ingredient for preserving some ...