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A diagram of the Nili Fossae Trough on Mars shows an area ripe for remote mineral analysis. The proposed rover landing site is an oval outline at center.

Brown team’s Mars site makes short list for 2009 NASA mission

At a Mars landing site selection workshop in California, scientists seeking evidence of past life on the red planet promoted seven potential sites for exploration. Professor Jack Mustard and his team made a strong case for the Nili Trough’s mineral riches.
READ MORE September 18, 2008
Lake of life?: A color-enhanced image of the delta in Jezero crater, a past lake on Mars. Researchers led by Brown graduate student Bethany Ehlmann report that ancient rivers ferried clay-like minerals (shown in green) into the lake, forming the delta. The clays then were trapped, meaning they could store past life.

Brown researchers: Mars water transformed minerals, created clay deposits that may contain past life

New papers by planetary geologist John Mustard and graduate student Bethany Ehlmann show that water on ancient Mars was pervasive and worked hard.
READ MORE July 16, 2008
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