New Research Say Clays Are What’s Beneath Mars’ South Pole - a podcast by Dr. Pamela Gay & Annie Wilson

from 2021-07-30T17:00

:: ::

Continuing the ongoing saga of just what is under the Martian south polar ice caps, new research has once again analyzed radar data, and this time, scientists find that clays known as smectites are responsible for the bright reflections once thought to be subsurface lakes. Plus, drama with an ISS docking and some more oddball exoplanets to round out the week.