Mars, one of our closest planetary neighbors, has fascinated people for hundreds of years, partly because it is so similar to ...

Between 252 and 66 million years ago, the ocean underwent a revolution. That's when plankton with calcium carbonate skeletons ...

According to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and published in the Proceedings of the ...

That ancient, long-gone atmosphere should be reflected by an abundance of carbonate minerals on Mars ... across the Martian surface collecting rock samples. Within Tutolo’s first year ...

By finding significant deposits of an iron carbonate mineral called siderite in Martian rocks, scientists have finally solved part of the mystery of where Mars’s thick, ancient atmosphere disappeared ...

Not too long ago, I was searching for ideas for the next installment of the “Big Chemistry” series when I found an article ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it boasted substantial ...

Scientists have pondered why Mars seemed to be missing sufficient carbonates indicative of its warm, wet past. Now, NASA’s ...

Rare earth elements are tiny yet essential parts of many of the technologies you use every day. New techniques are making ...