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Eleven million years ago, an asteroid slammed into Mars, scattering fragments of the red planet into space. In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have determined that liquid water was present on Mars 742 million years ago, thanks to the meteorite found at Purdue University. The team's analysis revealed that these minerals formed 742 million years ago, a time when liquid water …

500 Million Years of Data Shows Meteorites Hit Earth Way Less Than What Scientists Thought

Scientists at Lund University in Sweden tracked meteorite impacts on earth that happened over the past 500 million years. To scientists' surprise, the influx of meteorites – space rocks – has been surprisingly stable despite major collisions happening in the asteroid belt of our solar system. Using the information from chromium oxide that came from almost 10,000 meteorites, the astronomers …

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Scientists believe they have identified a meteorite formed in the first million years of our solar system, making it the oldest known meteor of volcanic origin. The space rock, which began its journey some 4.5 billion years ago, has already proved an "exceptional" witness to the building blocks of the planets. 'Thrown into space' The so-called "parent body" of Erg …