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Is carbon in Mars meteorite Tissint biological?
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
Mars has carbon — it’s just not biological
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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Tagged ALH84001, atmosphere, carbon, Curiosity, Dar al Gani 476, Mars meteorites, Mars Science Laboratory, Tissint, Zagami
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