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If Mars was once habitable, it needed to have water. For the past 3 billion years, it’s been rather cold and dry. But what about the early days?
By tracking a meteorite found in Morocco back to its origin in an asteroid crater on Mars millions of years ago, scientists can learn more about how the planets formed.
The zircon crystal was found in the NWA 7034 meteorite, dubbed ‘Black Beauty’ – uncovered from the desert of northwest Africa.
Martian meteorites allow scientists here on Earth to decode that planet’s geology, more than a decade before the first missions are scheduled to bring rocks back home from Mars.
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Senior Lecturer, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Research fellow, Curtin University
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Assistant Professor of Igneous Petrology, Planetary Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Geologist, Curtin University
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Post Doctoral Researcher in Achondrite Meteorites, The Open University