Researchers now have stronger evidence of granite on Mars and a new theory for how the granite -- an igneous rock common on Earth -- could have formed there, according to a new study. The findings ...

Molten rock crystallizes into granite when atoms come together to form tightly connected bonds. Quartz crystals, which comprise majority of granite rocks, typically have four oxygen atoms bonded ...

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