New Study of Martian Meteorite Casts Doubt on Life Existing on Red Planet in Distant Past

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New Study of Martian Meteorite Casts Doubt on Life Existing on Red Planet in Distant Past
New Study of Martian Meteorite Casts Doubt on Life Existing on Red Planet in Distant Past

Africa-Press – Liberia. The findings of a research team show that a meteorite they investigated had limited exposure to water, which may point at the lack of a large hydrothermal system in its place of origin.

The likelihood of life thriving on Mars millions of years ago may not seem particularly high in light of a new study conducted by an international team of researchers led by Lund University in Sweden.

The research in question involved the team using neutron and X-ray tomography to study a meteorite whose age is estimated at about 1.3 billion years and which originated from Red Planet.

According to a media release published on the university’s website, the team’s efforts revealed that the sample they were studying had limited exposure to water, thus suggesting that there “probably wasn’t a large hydrothermal system that gave rise to the alteration”.

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