martian meteorites
What a Misplaced Meteorite Told Us About Mars
11 million years ago, Mars was a frigid, dry, dead world, just like it is now. Something slammed into the…
We Can Only Bring 30 Samples of Mars Back to Earth. How Do We Decide?
The Mars Sample Return Mission is one of the most ambitious missions ever conceived. Though the samples won't be returned…
It’s Surprisingly Easy to Hurl Rocks From Mars Into Space
Of the thousands of meteorites found on Earth, about 188 have been confirmed to be from Mars. How did they…
Scientists Identify the Source of a Famous Meteorite as One Crater on Mars
If we think untangling Earth's complex geological history is difficult, think of the challenge involved in doing the same for…
We Now Know Exactly Which Crater the Martian Meteorites Came From
Mars is still quite mysterious, despite all we've learned about the planet in recent years. We still have a lot…
Mars Was Hit By a Lot of Protoplanets Early in its History, Taking Longer to Form than Previously Thought.
There are around 61,000 meteorites on Earth, or at least that's how many have been found. Out of those, about…
Martian Clouds Might Start with Meteor Trails Through the Atmosphere
On Earth, clouds form when enough droplets of water condense out of the air. And those droplets require a tiny…
Mineral Points To A Water Rich Mars
A new experiment conducted by an international team researchers has shown that Martian meteorites may have lost their water, indicating…
Martian Meteorite Could Have Contained Ancient Water And Life, NASA Paper Says
Could this meteorite show evidence of ancient water and life on Mars? That's one possibility raised in a new paper…