or “Black Beauty,” is different from most other meteorites: It’s a chunk of Mars. Despite many orbiters and landers visiting Mars, none has returned a piece of the Red Planet to Earth.

In 1931, the Lafayette meteorite was rediscovered in a drawer at Purdue University. Since then, it has become a focus for many, as it contains evidence of having interacted with liquid water on Mars.

Crystals inside a Martian meteorite hint that there may have been plentiful hot water on Mars when the rock formed 4.45 billion years ago. The rock, nicknamed Black Beauty, was blasted into space ...

That's according to new evidence found in a Martian meteorite that indicates the key ingredient for life, water, appeared on Mars around 4.4 billion years ago, when scientists know, from other ...

A study reveals ancient hot water activity on Mars, indicated by a 4.45 billion-year-old zircon grain from a Martian meteorite. Designated Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034, and nicknamed “Black Beauty,” ...

Water was there. We know it was. But piecing together when and how, and where it went, is a little trickier to figure out. But we just got a big clue: a meteorite that was ejected from Mars 11 million ...

The Mars meteorite 'Black Beauty' suggests there used to be hot water on the Red Planet. Scientists have found what seems to be the oldest direct evidence of hot water flowing on Mars during its ...

Meteorite Contains Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars 742 Million Years Ago Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space.

This latest piece of information comes from a 4.45 billion-year-old zircon grain within the Martian meteorite NWA7034 that was discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2011. The NWA7034, a ...

But we just got a big clue: a meteorite that was ejected from Mars 11 million years ago and subsequently made its way to Earth reveals there was liquid water on Mars less than a billion years ago.

A sample of the Martian meteorite known as 'Black Beauty'. Picture: Aaron Cavosie Direct evidence of hydrous fluids on early Mars is crucial for understanding the origin of water, surface processes, ...