Its journey from the red planet to the frozen plains was a long one. About 17 million years ago, a monster rock collided with Mars, punching a hole in its side and jettisoning planetary debris across ...
The most illustrious meteorite in history continues to inspire heated debate. Does it carry microbial fossils from Mars or are its strange features just the product of some unique geochemistry? After ...
Features in a Martian meteorite believed by some to be the fossilised remains of alien bacteria may have formed underwater, scientists claim. The nano-bodies from Van (left) look very like those from ...
The scientific debate over whether a meteorite contains evidence of past life on Mars continues to intensify, with colleagues of the team that announced the possibility in 1996 revealing new findings ...
Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. A new analysis of the meteorite has been published in the journal Science. The meteorite that landed on Earth from Mars is Allan Hills 84001 (ALH84001), ...
Do you remember the fuss surrounding ALH84001? That was the name of a meteorite, found in Antarctica, that was formed on Mars 4.5 billion years ago. It made the headlines a decade ago, when it was ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- While geological evidence points to the presence of liquid water on Mars during the Noachian epoch (the period from 4.5 to 3.5 billion years ago), determining the temperature of that ...
Scene from the 1951 film The Thing From Another WorldFor decades, if not longer, we Earthlings have been collectively waiting for that definitive day when we make First Contact with life from ...
"The Rock from Mars" is engaging, smoothly written, and gives a sympathetic human face to the scientists involved, especially those in McKay's group. A quarter of the book is taken up by notes, which ...
Through the study of a popular Martian meteorite's age, researchers have made significant discoveries about the timeline of volcanic activity on Mars. Their data showed that the true age of the famous ...