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Study Links Microbial Colonization to Ancient Meteorite Crater: What You Need to Know
A Swedish team has precisely dated microbial life in Finland’s Lappajärvi crater. Isotopic traces show bacteria colonized the hydrothermal system just a few million years after the meteorite impact, thriving for millions of years. The finding suggests impact craters on Earth and Mars may provide lasting habitats for life.
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Auction Of World's Largest Mars Meteorite Sparks Ownership Debate
The recent auction of a Martian meteorite -- for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York -- has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen from the heavens.
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Cosmic Visitor: 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Strikes into Georgia Home
On June 26, 2025, a dazzling daytime fireball streaked over Georgia, captured by satellites and witnessed across multiple states. A surviving fragment smashed through the roof of a McDonough home, denting the wooden floor 14 feet below. Scientists at the University of Georgia analyzed about 23 grams of this ancient rock, determining it to be a 4.56...
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Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Turns Out to Be Much Younger, Scientists Reveal in New Study
The Miralga impact crater in Western Australia, once thought to be Earth’s oldest at 3.5 billion years, has now been redated to after 2.7 billion years ago. With a revised diameter of just 16 kilometers, the structure no longer supports theories of early crust or life formation, but remains scientifically valuable for studying Mars-like planetary...
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Largest Piece Of Mars Sold For $5.3 Million, But Young Dinosaur Steals Show
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday.
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Biggest Piece Of Mars On Earth Is Up For Auction In New York. All About It
The meteorite weighs over 25 kg and is 15 inches wide and is about 70 per cent bigger than any other piece of Mars ever found on Earth.
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World's Largest Mars Rock Ever Found Could Sell For $4 Million At Sotheby's
The largest Martian rock ever found on Earth - a 24.67 kg meteorite discovered in Niger - has been verified by the Shanghai Astronomy Museum and is expected to sell for up to $4 million at a Sotheby's auction later this month.
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A Secret Ocean Could Change Everything We Know About Mars
Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view of the Red Planet: a vast reservoir of liquid water, locked deep in the crust.
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Evidence of Hot Water on Mars Found in Ancient Meteorite From Early Days of Solar System
Evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars has been found in a 4.45-billion-year-old zircon grain from the NWA7034 meteorite. The findings, detailed in Science Advances, reveal that hydrothermal systems were active on Mars during the Pre-Noachian period. Researchers suggest these systems, essential for life on Earth, could have made Mars habita...
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Mars Is Hit By Basketball-Sized Meteorites Every Day, Shows Study
Mars is hit by a meteorite almost every day, new research has revealed. This is up to 10 times more meteorites than had been predicted, according to data from NASA's InSight mission.
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Video: Watch With 12 Meteorites From ''Moon, Mars And Space'' Breaks Guinness World Record
The watch, named Cosmopolis, features 12 different meteorites patterned over the face of the watch.
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As InSight lander nears end, NASA details meteorite strike on Mars
The InSight lander, perched on the surface of Mars since 2018, will run out of power and stop operations within four to eight weeks, NASA said on Thursday,
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NASA's InSight Lander Reveals Details On Outermost Layer Of Mars
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.
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Unearths Surprising Facts About Jezero Crater
In its latest discovery, the NASA's Perseverance rover has found that the floor of the crater, which once hosted a lake billion years ago, is made up of volcanic rocks rather than sedimentary rocks, as believed earlier. The rover started examining the floor in the spring of 2021, after which scientists studied the data. It was found that the floor ...
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Data From Black Beauty Martian Meteorite May Shed Light on Mars' History
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...
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Study Links Microbial Colonization to Ancient Meteorite Crater: What You Need to Know
A Swedish team has precisely dated microbial life in Finland’s Lappajärvi crater. Isotopic traces show bacteria colonized the hydrothermal system just a few million years after the meteorite impact, thriving for millions of years. The finding suggests impact craters on Earth and Mars may provide lasting habitats for life.
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Auction Of World's Largest Mars Meteorite Sparks Ownership Debate
The recent auction of a Martian meteorite -- for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York -- has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen from the heavens.
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Cosmic Visitor: 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Strikes into Georgia Home
On June 26, 2025, a dazzling daytime fireball streaked over Georgia, captured by satellites and witnessed across multiple states. A surviving fragment smashed through the roof of a McDonough home, denting the wooden floor 14 feet below. Scientists at the University of Georgia analyzed about 23 grams of this ancient rock, determining it to be a 4.56...
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Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Turns Out to Be Much Younger, Scientists Reveal in New Study
The Miralga impact crater in Western Australia, once thought to be Earth’s oldest at 3.5 billion years, has now been redated to after 2.7 billion years ago. With a revised diameter of just 16 kilometers, the structure no longer supports theories of early crust or life formation, but remains scientifically valuable for studying Mars-like planetary...
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Largest Piece Of Mars Sold For $5.3 Million, But Young Dinosaur Steals Show
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday.
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Biggest Piece Of Mars On Earth Is Up For Auction In New York. All About It
The meteorite weighs over 25 kg and is 15 inches wide and is about 70 per cent bigger than any other piece of Mars ever found on Earth.
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World's Largest Mars Rock Ever Found Could Sell For $4 Million At Sotheby's
The largest Martian rock ever found on Earth - a 24.67 kg meteorite discovered in Niger - has been verified by the Shanghai Astronomy Museum and is expected to sell for up to $4 million at a Sotheby's auction later this month.
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A Secret Ocean Could Change Everything We Know About Mars
Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view of the Red Planet: a vast reservoir of liquid water, locked deep in the crust.
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Evidence of Hot Water on Mars Found in Ancient Meteorite From Early Days of Solar System
Evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars has been found in a 4.45-billion-year-old zircon grain from the NWA7034 meteorite. The findings, detailed in Science Advances, reveal that hydrothermal systems were active on Mars during the Pre-Noachian period. Researchers suggest these systems, essential for life on Earth, could have made Mars habita...
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Mars Is Hit By Basketball-Sized Meteorites Every Day, Shows Study
Mars is hit by a meteorite almost every day, new research has revealed. This is up to 10 times more meteorites than had been predicted, according to data from NASA's InSight mission.
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Video: Watch With 12 Meteorites From ''Moon, Mars And Space'' Breaks Guinness World Record
The watch, named Cosmopolis, features 12 different meteorites patterned over the face of the watch.
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As InSight lander nears end, NASA details meteorite strike on Mars
The InSight lander, perched on the surface of Mars since 2018, will run out of power and stop operations within four to eight weeks, NASA said on Thursday,
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NASA's InSight Lander Reveals Details On Outermost Layer Of Mars
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.
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Unearths Surprising Facts About Jezero Crater
In its latest discovery, the NASA's Perseverance rover has found that the floor of the crater, which once hosted a lake billion years ago, is made up of volcanic rocks rather than sedimentary rocks, as believed earlier. The rover started examining the floor in the spring of 2021, after which scientists studied the data. It was found that the floor ...
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Data From Black Beauty Martian Meteorite May Shed Light on Mars' History
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...
