Tools can be a lifetime investment that get passed down from generation to generation, but improper handling and care can ...

A new study published in Science by a team of scientists across five continents led by King Abdullah University of Science ...

Signatures of the water-rich environment in which the rust formed are still preserved in the dust, as analysed by spacecraft studying Mars today. CREDIT: ESA. However, iron oxides come in ...

Understanding how this rust formed offers a crucial glimpse into the planet’s past environment — was it once warm and wet, or always cold and dry? And, more importantly, did it ever support life?

Somehow or other, and over a long period, those rocks reacted to water in the air. That reaction formed rust, in much the same way it does when iron and water meet on Earth. Then, over billions of ...

But iron oxides come in many flavors, and the exact chemistry of Martian rust has been intensely debated because how it formed is a window into the planet's environmental conditions at the time.