Tag Archives: Mars meteorites

Impact debris from Mars lies everywhere on Phobos

Posted on November 15, 2013 by rburnham

On Earth there are meteorites that arrived naturally from the Moon and also ones from Mars that arrived the same way. Both are fragments that were ejected into space at escape velocity in the aftermath of big meteorite impacts.

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“Black Beauty” Mars meteorite unique

Posted on January 4, 2013 by rburnham

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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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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