Xinhua - Mars rover Zhurong finds evidence of water at red planet's low latitudes:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0501/c90000-20013275.html

#MarsRover #Zhurong #Tianwen1 #UtopiaPlanitia #Mars #CNSA #CAS #WaterOnMars #SalineWater #Water #Dunes #Climate #Humidity #Salts #Mineralogy #Geology #PlanetaryScience #Astronomy

University of Texas at Austin - 'Golden' fossils reveal origins of exceptional preservation:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-golden-fossils-reveal-exceptional.html

#Posidonia #Shale #Oxygenation #Jurassic #FossilPreservation #Fossils #Phosphate #Oxygen #Pyrite #Framboids #Taphonomy #Mineralogy #Paleontology

Laura Dobberstein - China discovers unknown mineral on the moon, names it Changesite-(Y):

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#ChangesiteY #SpaceExploration #Lunar #Moon #CNSA #Mineralogy #LunarSoil #Helium3 #Volcanism #Basalt #Astronomy

Massimo Luciani - Salts and organic compounds discovered in Urvara crater on the dwarf planet Ceres:

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/02/27/salts-and-organic-compounds-discovered-in-urvara-crater-on-the-dwarf-planet-ceres/

#Urvara #UrvaraCrater #Ceres #NASA #NASADawn #Salts #Organics #Geology #Mineralogy #Astronomy