Credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Black Beauty is a Martian meteorite. Credit: NASA In 2011, a striking black rock about the size of an apple was discovered in the Sahara desert.

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 ...

One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites that can be traced directly to Mars. This meteorite was rediscovered in a drawer at Purdue University ...

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 ...

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 ...

A meteorite from Mars has a history of interacting with water, probably as a result of volcanic activity melting ice on the Red Planet over 700 million years ago. The findings help reveal the ...

Researchers have determined that the Lafayette Meteorite, rediscovered at Purdue in 1931, originated from Mars and underwent aqueous alteration 742 million years ago. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth somewhere near Purdue University and is one of the few meteorites that can be traced directly to Mars. This meteorite was rediscovered ...

Several bits of Mars have rained down on Earth as meteorites, one of which is the subject of a new study. Researchers from Purdue University have confirmed the so-called Lafayette Meteorite ...

Several bits of Mars have rained down on Earth as meteorites, one of which is the subject of a new study. Researchers from Purdue University have confirmed the so-called Lafayette Meteorite ...