While humanity is aiming to reach Mars in the very near future, an important discovery has been made about the Red Planet today. Scientists from Northern Arizona University took an important step in collecting information about the planet thanks to a Martian meteorite found on Earth. The ‘home’ of a Martian meteorite has been identified for the first time.
The meteorite, named Black Beauty and determined to be 4.48 billion years old, was located in the Terra Cimmeria-Sirenum region, which is considered one of the most ancient regions of the planet, according to the research published in Nature Communications before it broke off from the Red Planet and fell to Earth. Finding the origin of the meteorite meant a lot to the scientific world.
It will shed light on the evolution of Mars and Earth:
Scientists, who successfully detected the origin of the meteorite thanks to the algorithm they developed, shared that new researches will reveal important information about Earth and Mars. Because the meteorite, which was estimated to have fallen to Earth 10 million years after leaving Mars, recorded the change that both Mars and Earth had undergone for billions of years.
According to scientists, the meteorite may also answer why Mars evolved into a dry and uninhabitable place while Earth is suitable for life today. However, the research may also enable us to find the origin of other Martian craters with the developed method and may help us to reach more information about the Red Planet. In fact, according to scientists, this research will be a start for further research on our Solar System.
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