Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 25 days agoScientists Think They Have Found a Brand-New Mineral on Marsgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkScientists Think They Have Found a Brand-New Mineral on Marsgizmodo.comSunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareFarraigePlaisteaċ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-225 days agoI think “spectral analysis” means they’re going by imagery. They don’t have actual samples. But yeah, it doesn’t fully explain it.
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·25 days agoI assumed they were using some form of spectroscopy, but dunno how that would work in this context
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days agoDoesn’t that probe have an onboard gas spectrometer?
minus-squareFarraigePlaisteaċ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·24 days agoOk. I’m out of my depth.
I think “spectral analysis” means they’re going by imagery. They don’t have actual samples. But yeah, it doesn’t fully explain it.
I assumed they were using some form of spectroscopy, but dunno how that would work in this context
Doesn’t that probe have an onboard gas spectrometer?
Ok. I’m out of my depth.