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Tag Archives: Northwest Africa 7034
‘Black Beauty’ meteorite expands window for early Mars life
The early surface of Mars consisted of a liquid magma ocean that crystallized extremely rapidly, just 20 million year after the formation of the solar system. Thereafter, a solid crust emerged on the red planet, potentially housing oceans with water … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Beauty, life, magma ocean, Mars meteorites, Northwest Africa 7034, NWA 7034, zircons
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“Black Beauty” Mars meteorite unique
It’s young, it has been shattered and naturally recemented, and it’s about ten times richer in water than any other Mars meteorite. And if the scientists who studied it are right, it’s the also first meteorite to come from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Beauty, breccia, Chassigny, Mars meteorites, meteorites, Nakhla, Northwest Africa 7034, NWA 7034, Shergotty, SNC meteorites
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