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Is carbon in Mars meteorite Tissint biological?

Posted on December 3, 2014 by rburnham

Did Mars ever have life? Does it still? A meteorite from Mars has reignited the old debate. An international team that includes scientists from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne has published a paper in the scientific journal Meteoritics and … Continue reading →

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Mars has carbon — it’s just not biological

Posted on May 25, 2012 by rburnham

A highly detailed study of 11 meteorites that have come from Mars shows that although 10 of them contain the organic element carbon, the source of the carbon is not biological in origin. Instead, the carbon lies as molecules inside … Continue reading →

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