NASA’s ‘Perseverance’ discovery tool, the surface of the Mars by analyzing strange rocks by analyzing the Red Planet’s past has been reported to obtain important clues. Discovered in Mars’s Jazero Crater, light -colored rocks contain minerals that may occur in very hot and humid conditions. This shows that the planet can be a very different place than thought.
Planetary scientist Roger Wiens from PurDie University in the United States said that such minerals in the world occur in hot climates or hydrotermal systems such as hot springs. Wiens said that these minerals are in the water flowing for a long time, “Hot water removes all the elements that can be solved from the rocks and leaves only the most resistant ones on a cold and dry planet.
“It doesn’t look like anything we’ve seen before”
NASA’s ‘Perseverance’ discovery vehicle examined the light -colored rocks discovered in Jazero Crater and seemed incompatible with its surroundings. Such rocks are called ‘surface rocks’ because they move to the region where they are located. Researchers have assigned Perseverce to examine these rocks using a technology called ‘Spectroscopy of laser stimulated with laser. This technique analyzes its content by making laser shots on rocks. The laser evaporates a small part of the mineral and warns its atoms and ions. Then, the spectroscopy device examines the spreading light and determines the composition of the mineral. The results surprised scientists. Wiens said that the discovery was unexpected and said, “These rocks don’t look like anything we’ve seen on Mars before.”
The analyzes revealed that the rocks are largely composed of a soft, white silicate clay mineral called ‘kaolinite’. Kaolinit on Mars was harder than the Earth. This is thought to be caused by different wear conditions on Mars. Researchers also came across the traces of another mineral called ‘Spinel’ in the rocks. Spinel is known as a valuable stone containing magnesium aluminum in the world. But it is not yet known how it occurs in Kaolinit rocks on Mars. Scientists think that this mineral can be a rich species of aluminum that can be formed by both volcanic and metamorphosis processes.
