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Scientists Think They Have Found a Brand-New Mineral on Mars

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Scientists Think They Have Found a Brand-New Mineral on Mars

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Scientists identified an iron-rich mineral on the surface of Mars that suggests the planet’s surface may be more dynamic than we thought.

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I think “spectral analysis” means they’re going by imagery. They don’t have actual samples. But yeah, it doesn’t fully explain it.
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  I assumed they were using some form of spectroscopy, but dunno how that would work in this context
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  Doesn’t that probe have an onboard gas spectrometer?
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    Ok. I’m out of my depth.

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