College student figures out new way for detecting water on Mars

Kellie Wall, an undergraduate student from Washington State University, recently discovered a new way to detect water on Mars and other planets by looking at how crystals form inside volcanic rock.

Wall, along with her fellow researchers, learned how to measure the crystal formations of a rock's groundmass, or that part of the rock made of finer materials where crystals are often embedded.

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