NASA Rover Zaps Mars Rocks and Finds Gemstone Surprise

NASA Rover Zaps Mars Rocks and Finds Gemstone Surprise

NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered corundum—the crystalline mineral behind rubies and sapphires—within three pale, plagioclase-rich rocks along the rim of Jezero Crater. Laser Spectroscopy Reveals Martian Corundum When NASA’s Perseverance rover … Read More