Flipping the Sequence of Martian Formation - Eos

Analysis of the Chassigny meteorite suggests the planet acquired most of its interior volatiles from meteorites, not from the solar nebula.

A piece of Mars that fell to Earth more than 2 centuries ago is telling planetary scientists a little about how the Red Planet was born. A recent analysis of the meteorite showed that volatile elemen… [+6478 chars]

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