What’s the Iceland-Mars link? Meteorite Black Beauty tells a tale - The Federal

A study of the Martian meteorite Black Beauty's chemistry indicates that Mars had volcanic activities similar to that found on earth. This was one of the first stages of Mars’ geological evolution.

Iceland, contrary to its name, is rather lush with greenery. Mars, as we were taught in school, is called the ‘Red Planet’. And yet, scientists are now finding links between the two. Over 4.5 billio… [+2721 chars]

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