These meteorites belong to two main types: nakhlites and chassignites. Nakhlites are basaltic rocks that possess a high concentration of the mineral clinopyroxene. On the other hand, Chassignites ...

Despite the team's success in dating the water-rock interaction, the researchers don't think Mars was teeming with water at ...

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