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Mars Was Warmer, Wetter Millions of Years Ago, Planetary Scientists Say


NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered several thousand small, light-toned rock fragments, or float rocks, with some exhibiting spectral signatures of an aluminum-rich clay mineral called kaolinite.

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