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4.5 Billion Year Old Martian Meteorite Reveals Secrets of Earth's Origin

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What to do Mars Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system and the fourth planet from the sun. It is a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere. Iron oxide is abundant on the surface of Mars, giving it its reddish color and its nickname "Red Planet." The name Mars comes from the Roman god of war. ” data-gt-translate-attributes=”[{” attribute=””>Mars and Iceland have in common? These days, not so much. However, more than 4.5 billion years ago, it’s possible the Red Planet had a crust comparable to Iceland today. This discovery, hidden in the oldest Martian fragments found on our planet, could provide information about Earth that was lost over billions of years of geological movement. It could also help explain why the Earth developed into a planet that sustains a broad diversity of life, while Mars did not. These insights into Earth’s past came out of a new study that details how they found the likely Martian origin of the 4.48-billion-year-old m

Mars' oldest meteorite tracked to bizarre double impact crater

Researchers have tracked the oldest known Martian meteorite to its precise point of origin using artificial intelligence (AI), and the findings could help reveal what conditions were on our planet. solar system the planets were like during their first days. The 11 ounce (320 gram) meteorite, officially nicknamed Northwest Africa 7034 but commonly known as “Black Beauty,” is believed to have hit Earth about 5 million years ago. After being discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2011, its age was estimated to be just under 4.5 billion years – making it the oldest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth. Scientists believe the meteorite was launched to Earth after a powerful asteroid impact hit Mars, tearing apart parts of the planet’s crust and spraying it into space. Now, using machine learning algorithms to identify and catalog the 94 million craters on Mars, researchers have traced the origins of Black Beauty to small craters within craters in Mars’ southern hemisphere. Scientists named

Scientists find original home of oldest Martian meteorite

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Meteorite NWA 7034, nicknamed Black Beauty, has fascinated geologists since it was discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2011. Scientists announced Tuesday that they have discovered the crater where the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted toward Earth, a discovery that could provide clues as to how our own planet formed. Meteorite NWA 7034, nicknamed Black Beauty, has fascinated geologists since it was discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2011. It fits in the hand, weighs over 300 grams (10.6 ounces), and contains a mix of materials including zircon, which is nearly 4.5 billion years old. “That makes it one of the oldest rocks studied in geological history,” Sylvain Bouley, a planetary scientist at France’s University of Paris-Saclay, told AFP. Its journey dates back to the early days of the solar system, “about 80 million years after the planets began to form”, said Bouley, who co-authored the new study on the meteorite.