Martian Meteorites
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Scientists Discover 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Mars Meteorite In Pink Rock Found In Sahara Desert
The researchers used an advanced dating method to study individual mineral grains from a sample smaller than a fingernail.
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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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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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Scientists Find Oldest Martian Meteorite's Original Home
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.
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Alien Rock Brimming With Traces of Life on Mars
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.
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Scientists Discover 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Mars Meteorite In Pink Rock Found In Sahara Desert
The researchers used an advanced dating method to study individual mineral grains from a sample smaller than a fingernail.
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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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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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Scientists Find Oldest Martian Meteorite's Original Home
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.
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Alien Rock Brimming With Traces of Life on Mars
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.
