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Geologists discover organic matter in meteorites from Mars
Image substance found in the meteorite, published in the journal “Meteoritics and Planetary Science”
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An international group of scientists led by Chinese geologists discovered an organic substance, similar to coal, founded a meteorite from Mars, informed the daily South China Morning Post
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discovery, published in the latest issue of the journal “Meteoritics and Planetary Science,” presents new evidence on the possible existence of some sort of biological activity on the red planet.
The researchers found traces of organic materials together with Chemical elements such as nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus, having a structure similar to the existing coal on Earth. These substances have been found in a meteorite called ‘Tissint’, which is estimated to have been separated from Mars 700,000 years ago, after the collision of an asteroid.
This meteorite fell like a fireball in Morocco in July 2011 and, after months of observation and analysis of fragments that composed it, an international group of scientists determined it was coming from the neighboring planet.
One of the authors of the study, Zhang Jianchao, physical Geology Institute and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, explained that his team believes that the substance similar to coal come from Mars, told the South China Morning Post, English-language newspaper published in Hong Kong.
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