Mars rover looks closely at rocks

Mars rover looks closely at rocks

by | Feb 9, 2018 | News, Planets, Space missions

Star-shaped and swallowtail-shaped tiny, dark bumps in fine-layered bright bedrock of a Martian ridge are drawing close inspection by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. This set of shapes looks familiar to geologists who have studied gypsum crystals formed in drying lakes...