On Earth, garnet is best known as the fiery red January birthstone—popular in jewelry since the Bronze Age and valued highly ...

Scientists have found garnet in a Martian meteorite for the first time, raising new questions about what kind of geological ...

An international team of scientists has identified a completely new type of rock from the red planet and, for the first time, ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so meteorites that come from the moon and Mars. This is probably a result of ...

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A Martian meteorite fragment containing unexpected grains of the mineral garnet could hold clues to the Red Planet’s ...

A microscopic mineral hidden inside a meteorite from Mars has delivered one of the most intriguing surprises in recent ...

A group of planetary scientists and geologists has discovered a new type of rock containing the mineral garnet inside a ...

An unexpected discovery within a meteorite from Mars could rewrite part of the Red Planet's geological history. Researchers ...

Extra-terrestrial mining and metal processing are vital for access to strategic metals for space exploration. This study demonstrates for the first time the catalytic dissolution of metals from ...