Tag: Martian meteorite

  • We May All Be Martians

    Christie Hsu reports on new evidence that life may have come to earth from Mars: We may all be Martians, according to scientists who recently discovered more evidence that life on Earth may have started on Mars. “In addition, recent studies show that these conditions, suitable for the origin of life, may still exist on…

  • Mars had oxygen-rich atmosphere

    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere four billion years ago – more than a billion years before Earth, according to a study of rock samples. NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover Photo: REUTERS By Nick Collins, and Agencies Rocks collected by Nasa’s Spirit rover from the surface of the Gusev crater were found to contain five times as much nickel as…