05 January 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05JAN2013

Martian Crust Rocks 
Fri, 04 Jan, 2013 02:27 PM PST
Rocks from Mars are rare. Even rarer is to find one on Earth. After extensive analyses by a team of scientists led by Carl Agee at the University of New Mexico, researchers have identified a new class of Martian meteorite that likely originated from the crust of Mars. It is also the only meteorite sample dated to 2.1 billion years ago, the early era of the most recent geologic epoch on Mars, an ...

All-Wet Meteorite Arrives from Mars
Fri, 04 Jan, 2013 01:18 PM PST
All-Wet Meteorite Arrives from Mars

‘Black Beauty’ found in Sahara could yield Martian secrets
Fri, 04 Jan, 2013 12:58 PM PST
A fist-sized meteorite nicknamed “Black Beauty”, which could unlock vital clues to the evolution of Mars from the warm and wet place it once was to its current cold and dry state.

Martian meteorite found in Sahara is two billion years old and water-logged
Fri, 04 Jan, 2013 09:23 AM PST
A 2billion year old rock from Mars found in the Sahara desert is an entirely new type of water filledmeteorite, Nasa scientists have revealed.

Martian rock from Sahara desert unlike others
Fri, 04 Jan, 2013 08:29 AM PST
This image provided Carl Agee, University of New Mexico, shows a rock from Mars that landed in the Sahara Desert. An examination of the Martian meteorite known as NWA 7034 determined it is 2.1 billion years old and is water-rich.

UNM studies one-of-a-kind meteorite
Fri, 04 Jan, 2013 08:14 AM PST
Was there life on Mars? Scientists may be one step closer to answering that question - thanks to the work of a University of New Mexico professor.

Meteorite has highest water content of any from Mars, scientists say
Fri, 04 Jan, 2013 07:58 AM PST
A team of scientists has established a whole new class of meteorites that seems to have come from Mars' crust, based on a rare sample from 2.1 billion years ago. read more

Mars Meteorite Has Highest Water Content

Fri, 04 Jan, 2013 07:50 AM PST
(CNN) — A team of scientists has established a whole new class of meteorites that seems to have come from...

Black Beauty meteorite may reveal secrets of Mars climate
Fri, 04 Jan, 2013 07:28 AM PST
A meteorite that is billions of years old may provide the link between the warm, wet past and the cold, dry present on the planet Mars. Discovered…

Water Rich Meteorite Linked To Mars Crust - YouTube
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This Meteorite which traveled all the way from Mars and hit Earth Millions of years ago contains ...
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UNM studied meteorite one of a kind
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Black Beauty meteorite may reveal secrets of Mars ...
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