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Liquid Water on Ancient Mars? Data from a Martian Meteorite
October 14, 2011 | California Institute of Technology

“By analyzing carbonate minerals in a four-billion-year-old meteorite that originated near the surface of Mars, the scientists determined that the minerals formed at about 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees Fahrenheit).”


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