Hidden Clues in Spirit Rover Data Suggest Mars Once Had Far More Water than Scientists Realized

A new look at more than two decades’ worth of archival data from NASA’s Spirit mission suggests that the Martian soil may hold iron-bearing minerals -- hematite and altered magnetite -- that were too faint for scientists to detect in real time during the mission. The post Hidden Clues in Spirit Rover Data Suggest Mars Once Had Far More Water than Scientists Realized appeared first on Sci.News:…

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Hidden Clues in Spirit Rover Data Suggest Mars Once Had Far More Water than Scientists Realized

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