Researchers studying a Martian meteorite have uncovered the oldest known evidence of water on Mars, dating back 4.45 billion ...
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A 4.45 billion-year-old crystal from Mars reveals the planet had water from the beginningWe studied the mineral zircon in a meteorite from Mars and found evidence that water was present when the zircon crystal ...
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Meteorite crystals show evidence of hot water on ancient MarsAaron Cavosie at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, and his colleagues have spent years studying a tiny fragment of it that includes a zircon crystal measuring 50 micrometres across.
Zircon crystals can survive geological processes such as erosion and metamorphism, making them invaluable for geological studies and radiometric dating. Credit: Robert Simmon, based on data from ...
A zircon crystal blasted off the face of Mars before landing on Earth as part of one of the most unusual meteorites ever found has revealed the oldest evidence of water on Mars. Moreover ...
The Martian river valleys and clay minerals are mainly found in Noachian ... to hot water when they formed in the distant past. The zircon we studied is 4.45 billion years old.
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