A lmost a century ago, a meteorite turned up in a drawer at Purdue University. By the university’s own account, how it got there is a mystery — and if someone doesn’t draw inspiration from ...

The paper, by S.C. Werner at the University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway, and colleagues was titled, "The Source Crater of Martian Shergottite Meteorites." ...

As per the findings published in the journal Astrobiology, a fragment of a 1.3 billion-year-old Martian meteorite shows signs that it once held water, suggesting that Mars may have been habitable.

The slice of SaU 008 won't be the only Martian meteorite on board. The rover's SuperCam instrument will have its own piece of Mars rock, again to act as a calibration target.

Researchers confirmed that the mineral dating was unaffected by the meteorite’s ejection from Mars or its entry into Earth’s atmosphere, ensuring reliable results. The research team included ...