city Copenhagen Western Sahara city Copenhagen Western Sahara

Famed meteorite reveals early water on Mars—and an early outer space bombardment

Reading now: 259
www.sciencemag.org

Paul VoosenIt was a tough fundraising pitch: Martin Bizzarro, a cosmochemist at the University of Copenhagen, needed some $500,000 to buy—and then grind up—material from one of the oldest and most valuable rocks in the world.

Only this rock wasn’t originally from Earth. It came from Mars.Bizzarro’s bet has now paid off handsomely. With just 15 grams of the 4.4-billion-year-old “Black Beauty” meteorite, discovered in 2011 in the western Sahara, his team has revealed a record of asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions spanning nearly all of martian history.One of the most surprising findings: After Mars underwent a pummeling early in its life, all went quiet—even during a time, nearly 4 billion years ago, when our Solar System was thought to.

Read more on sciencemag.org
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA