They chose gypsum samples from the Sidi Boutbal quarry ... If future rovers or landers are equipped with this advanced tool, ...

Researchers have developed a promising technique to identify potential microbial fossils on Mars. Sulfate minerals like gypsum, abundant on the Martian surface, may hold clues to ancient life.

Meddane Sofiane The team thus needed to test a fossil-finding instrument that could both parse gypsum-like deposits and be compact enough for a space mission. Their tool of choice was a ...

By studying Mars, scientists might learn about the ancient Earth. And if — and it's a big if — Mars has microbes fossilized in its gypsum, researchers will need the right tools to load onto rovers to ...

Gypsum may be an unfamiliar name to many but we are surrounded by it every day. It is a mineral used to make types of plaster which coat our homes, schools and offices - and in Cumbria sits the ...