Martian Meteorite

NASA's robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly 4 years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth's closest planetary neighbor based on data from 2 big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust's structure.

A team of researchers from Australia's Curtin University studied the chemical and physical properties of the Black Beauty meteorite to determine the location of its origin on Mars. The chemical composition of Black Beauty suggested that Mars also had volcanic activity like Earth. The team concluded that the meteorite originated from one of the olde...

Scientists announced Tuesday they had found the crater from which the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted towards Earth, a discovery that could provide clues into how our own planet was formed.

Lund University, Sweden, researchers investigated a 1.3 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars and found it had limited exposure to water. In other words, the existence of life at that specific time and place was unlikely.

Signs of life may be present deep inside the surface of Mars, rather that in rocks excavated by some meteorite impacts, a new study suggests.

Two large meteorites that hit Mars billions of years ago triggered a pair of mega-tsunamis which forever scarred the martian landscape and yielded evidence of cold, salty oceans conducive to sustaining life, a new study has found.

The discovery hints at the possibility that methane could be used as a food source by rudimentary forms of life beneath the Martian surface.

A new analysis of the oldest meteorite from Mars suggests that early Martian landscape had water, but instead of vast oceans the red planet probably held smaller seas.

NASA and an international team of planetary scientists have found evidence in meteorites on Earth that indicates Mars has a distinct and global reservoir of water or ice near its surface.

An international team has performed a detailed analysis of organic carbon traces from a Martian meteorite, concluding that life on Red Planet is more probable than previously thought.

As scientists the world over are excited about the presence of water on Mars, a new research on meteorites reveals how the water vanished from the Martian surface.

NASA scientists have found evidence of past water movement in a Martian meteorite that fell in Antarctica about 50,000 years ago, lending weight to the theory that Mars might have once supported life.

Life on Earth was kick-started thanks to a key mineral deposited by a meteorite from Mars, according to a novel theory aired on Thursday.

NASA's robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly 4 years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth's closest planetary neighbor based on data from 2 big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust's structure.

A team of researchers from Australia's Curtin University studied the chemical and physical properties of the Black Beauty meteorite to determine the location of its origin on Mars. The chemical composition of Black Beauty suggested that Mars also had volcanic activity like Earth. The team concluded that the meteorite originated from one of the olde...

Scientists announced Tuesday they had found the crater from which the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted towards Earth, a discovery that could provide clues into how our own planet was formed.

Lund University, Sweden, researchers investigated a 1.3 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars and found it had limited exposure to water. In other words, the existence of life at that specific time and place was unlikely.

Signs of life may be present deep inside the surface of Mars, rather that in rocks excavated by some meteorite impacts, a new study suggests.

Two large meteorites that hit Mars billions of years ago triggered a pair of mega-tsunamis which forever scarred the martian landscape and yielded evidence of cold, salty oceans conducive to sustaining life, a new study has found.

The discovery hints at the possibility that methane could be used as a food source by rudimentary forms of life beneath the Martian surface.

A new analysis of the oldest meteorite from Mars suggests that early Martian landscape had water, but instead of vast oceans the red planet probably held smaller seas.

NASA and an international team of planetary scientists have found evidence in meteorites on Earth that indicates Mars has a distinct and global reservoir of water or ice near its surface.

An international team has performed a detailed analysis of organic carbon traces from a Martian meteorite, concluding that life on Red Planet is more probable than previously thought.

As scientists the world over are excited about the presence of water on Mars, a new research on meteorites reveals how the water vanished from the Martian surface.

NASA scientists have found evidence of past water movement in a Martian meteorite that fell in Antarctica about 50,000 years ago, lending weight to the theory that Mars might have once supported life.

Life on Earth was kick-started thanks to a key mineral deposited by a meteorite from Mars, according to a novel theory aired on Thursday.