A Martian meteorite is a rock that formed on Mars, was ejected from the planet by an impact event, and traversed interplanetary space before landing on Earth as a meteorite.

May 9, 2023 · Scientists have discovered that the force needed to eject rocks from the surface of Mars that eventually pelt Earth as meteorites is actually much lower than previously believed.

Dec 10, 2024 · A mineral trapped within a Martian meteorite that fell to Earth has revealed traces of water on Mars that date back 4.45 billion years, according to new research.

This is an incomplete list of Martian meteorites i.e. meteorites that have been identified as having originated from Mars. As of September 2020, 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, …

Aug 28, 2024 · Thanks to the often violent nature of the Solar System, material that has been blasted off Mars can make its way across the gulf of space to end up smashing into Earth. (It's …

Aug 23, 2024 · Scientists at the University of Alberta have now traced the origins of 200 of these meteorites to five impact craters in two volcanic regions on Mars, known as Tharsis and Elysium.

Jan 30, 2023 · Tissint draws some parallels with one of the most famous meteorites of Martian origin found on Earth, ALH 84001, which was the subject of much scrutiny in the late 1990s …

6 days ago · New research funded by elements of the NASA Astrobiology Program shows that the organic material in the famous Martian meteorite ALH84001 was not formed biologically, but …

Jul 12, 2022 · Scientists think they've pinpointed the location on Mars where the meteorite NWA 7034, nicknamed 'Black Beauty,' came from. The findings reveal clues about the origins of …

Feb 27, 2014 · A team of scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has found evidence of past water movement …