Tootfinder

A Martian meteorite that formed ≳4.1 billion years ago samples Mars’ early crust and mantle: #Mars Meteorites Ever Found: https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasa-funded-study-details-one-of-oldest-mars-meteorites-ever-found/

Active crustal straining and fault reactivation at Valles Marineris: #Mars Is Still Tectonically Active Today: https://lamont.columbia.edu/news/giant-canyon-mars-still-tectonically-active-today - scientists have found that the largest canyon system in the solar system is still active and shaping Mars today, billions of years after it first formed.

Fine and ultrafine Martian dust presents additional risks for future crewed missions to #Mars: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2620747123 -> WashU study helps Martian astronauts prepare for dust: https://source.washu.edu/2026/10/washu-study-helps-martian-astronauts-prepare-for-dust/

Areths and the Provisional Polythetic Areth Classification System (PPACS) - a hierarchical and nomenclatural framework for Martian soil classification: #Mars, we will need to know what we are growing it in.