Found in 2011 in Morocco, this meteorite comes from the red planet and is a key piece to understanding the history of this star.
A meteorite that fell into the Land ago more than 4500 million yearsknown as Northwest Africa 7034, It has been the subject of study by astronomical specialists.
Found in 2011 in Moroccothis meteorite comes from Mars and it is a key piece to understand the history of this planet.
The rock, dark in color and with microcracks, was analyzed by the Curtin University of Australia. He meteorite contains fragments of very old rocks of Mars and is composed of minerals such as iron, aluminum and sodium.
They reveal what life was like on Mars 4.5 billion years ago
This finding offers clues about the hydrothermal processes of Marswhich are essential to understand its geological history and the presence of water in its oldest crust. The POT has also investigated Marssending the Perseverance rover in 2022 to obtain more data about the planet.
“It is a wonderful buffet of martian historya mixture of very old and very young rocks. But many of the fragments it contains are among the oldest pieces of rock on Mars,” shared the researcher. Aaron Cavosieco-author of the study and planetary scientist at Science and Technology Center at Curtin University.
And he completed: “It is only known that this type of zircons are formed where there are hydrothermal processeshot water systems, active during magmatism. Hot water facilitates the transport of iron, aluminum and sodium into the glass as it grows, layer by layer.”.
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