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  "id": 11056136,
  "title": "Curiosity Blog, Sols 5016–5021: Fantastic Minerals and How To Detect Them",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/curiosity-blog-sols-5016-5021-fantastic-minerals-and-how-to-detect",
  "topic": "science",
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  "published": "2026-09-30T23:37:47.000Z",
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    "name": "NASA Science",
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    "url": "https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-5016-5021-fantastic-minerals-and-how-to-detect-them/"
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  "summary": "Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 Curiosity surprised us at the beginning of the week with a change in rock texture — instead of the finely layered bedrock blocks we’ve been seeing in our recent sulfate unit workspaces, suddenly we were looking […] The post Curiosity Blog, Sols 5016–5021: Fantastic Minerals and…",
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        "title": "Curiosity Blog, Sols 5016–5021: Fantastic Minerals and How To Detect Them",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/curiosity-blog-sols-5016-5021-fantastic-minerals-and-how-to-detect-11062944",
        "published": "2026-09-30T23:37:47.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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