Meteorite found in the Sahara Desert turns out to be piece of Mars
A meteorite found in the Sahara Desert has been determined to be 4.1 billion years old and from Mars.
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A meteorite found in the Sahara Desert has been determined to be 4.1 billion years old and from Mars.
The goal of the missions is to bring the first-ever Martian moon sample back to Earth for analysis.
New geological evidence suggests mar once had an vast ocean that covered one-third of its surface.
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.
The new image shows Arsia Mons, which is usually surrounded by water ice clouds. It was taken by the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter.
The orbits of six planets will bring them to the same side of the sun to create a "planetary parade" in early June.
Could Ziggy Stardust really be jamming good with spiders from Mars? Actually, no. What look like spiders scuttling on the ground are actually a phenomenon caused by sunshine heating up carbon dioxide deposits.
The 3-D printed habitat is located at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. The volunteers are testing how to live with extremely limited resources, a hundred million miles away.
It is day 12 for a crew of volunteers living inside NASA’s virtual Mars station. The 3D-printed, 1,700-foot habitat simulates the environment and missions expected to take place on the red planet. U.S. space historian Jordan Bimm from the University of Chicago explains how the stations replicate the conditions of the planet.
Scientists say it could possibly be a meteorite.
The Mars rover launched about three years ago and has been exploring the red planet for signs of life since then.
One Chicago man brought all his telescopic equipment to make sure others could see Mars disappear and reappear.
It was nothing short of a magical night for astronomers Wednesday, as there was a rare chance to see the Red Planet dropping out of sight behind the moon. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
