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more about #meteorite more comments → Daveinva: As neat as this all is, the bottom line is the same as it was back in 1996: we won't prove a damn thing until we discover this sort of thing *on Mars*... more » Roklimber: I knew I shouldn't have peed on Mars when I was coming to Earth. But, hey, stupid engineers don't make decent bathrooms in spaceships, you know, and w... more » twophrasebark: . more » mekki: So this meteorite was found in Antarctica with Earth like bacteria. How do we know the bacteria simply didn't come from Earth itself and some how got ... more » Rusty626: The one thing I never understood about this meteorite is how do they know it's from Mars? more » Jassen: One day a scientist is going to get stoned and lick one of those mars meteorites, the bacteria in his mouth will interact with the dormant bacteria in... more » Friedhamster: I think the biggest thing hindering missions to Mars is money. There just isn't enough right now. more » Honu Harry: Oh great, there go our terraforming plans. Now the Greens..I mean Reds...will sue to stop every mission. Freakin' longhairs love alien bacteria more t... more » Slinkytech: And this was also placed to test us from God? Just like how Heaven is in the sky? Jesus is a jew, making god actually a jew god. I don't like religion. more » secretmission: Lower right hand corner of meteorite image: bi-pedal footprint... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: UAL has confiscated it for...further investigation.... more » HalOfBorg: Ya gotta give credit to the builders & designers & operators of that rover. Still running LONG after the warranty expired! more » 32ndnote: I wonder what people thousands of years in the future are going to think of the dead rovers they find on Mars... more » arthurborko: Wouldn't it be cool if we found out that the meteorite is actually from Earth and was ejected to Mars 65 million years ago? more » Belabras: Those mars rovers are such troupers. Good find Opportunity! more » -
#madscience
New Evidence Points to Fossilized Life on Mars
Thirteen years ago, a team of researchers studying the Allan Hills meteorite found evidence that the rock might contain fossils of Martian bacteria. Now, fresh evidence makes a stronger case that Mars once contained life very similar to Earth bacteria. More » -
#mars
The Opportunity Rover Discovers Mars's Largest Meteorite
Two weeks ago, NASA's Opportunity Rover discovered the largest meteorite yet observed on Mars. Sure, any space debris can be an exciting discovery, but the rock's size has its own cool implications: Mars's atmosphere used to be a lot thicker. More »
