Tissint Martian Meteorite Fell in Moroc has Organic Carbon

Martian meteorite may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life

CNET UK - 21 hours
A meteorite from Mars that landed on Earth in 2011 contains a carbon compound that is biological in origin.

Life On Mars? Tissint Meteorite May Contain Organic Carbon, Biologic Proof Of A Once Habitable ...
International Business Times
The Tissint meteorite (not pictured) may contain proof of ancient life on Mars. Pictured is a meteorite that fell in Oslo, Norway on March 11, 2012.

Martian Meteorite Contains Possible Traces Of Biological Matter

redOrbit - 8 hours
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The debate has raged for a long time. Is there now, or has there ever been, life on ...

Rock ejected from Mars has carbon of biological origin, study claims

Daily Mail - 11 hours
The Tissint meteorite (fragment shown) fell to Earth in Morocco on 18 July 2011. It was ejected from Mars by an asteroid impact 700,000 years ...

Meteorite shows Martian life likelier than previously believed

ANI via Yahoo! India News - 19 hours
Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): A new study has suggested that Martian life is likelier than previously believed as a meteorite from Mars shows ...

Life on Mars more probable than thought: Study

One India - 16 hours
London, Dec 3: A martian meteorite that fell in the Moroccan desert three years ago suggests that life on the Red Planet is more probable ...

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Martian Micro-Tunnels And Carbon Spherules Revive Debate Over Martian Life

Martian Micro-Tunnels And Carbon Spherules Revive Debate Over Martian Life

Tiny Blobs and Tunnels in Meteorite Revive Debate
Over Life on Mars By Alan Boyle, NBC News, Feb. 2014,
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/tiny-blobs-tunnels-meteorite-revive-debate-over-life-mars-n38431

Meteorite May Harbor Evidence of Mars Life.
by Mike White, Space.com, February 25, 2014
http://www.space.com/24816-mars-life-meteorite-debate.html

The paper is:
White L. M., E. K. Gibson, K. L. Thomas-Keprta S. J.
Clemett and D, S. McKay, 2014, Putative Indigenous
Carbon-Bearing Alteration Features in Martian Meteorite
Yamato 000593. Astrobiology. vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 170-181.

abstract: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2011.0733
PDF file: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/ast.2011.0733

Yours,
Paul H.

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Meteor/Meteorite News 11JUN2010

Jupiter Impact: Mystery of the Missing Debris
NASA Science News
June 11, 2010: On June 3rd, 2010, something hit Jupiter. A comet or
asteroid descended from the black of space, struck the planet's
cloudtops, and disintegrated, producing a flash of light so bright it
was visible in backyard telescopes on Earth. ...
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/11jun_missingdebris/

Space.com

NASA Sends Aircraft to Watch Asteroid Probe's Fiery Re-entry

Space.com
... sample will be only 6500 feet ahead of the rest of the spacecraft, which will break into numerous pieces, essentially making it a man-made meteor. ...


New Model Is Proposed to Explain Absence of Organic Compounds on Surface of Mars
New Rochelle, June 10, 2010 - The ongoing search for evidence of past or
present life on Mars includes efforts to identify organic compounds such
as proteins in Martian soil, but their absence to date remains a
mystery. A new theory to explain what happens to these carbon-based
molecules is presented in an article published in Astrobiology, a
peer-reviewed journal published by *Mary Ann Liebert, Inc ...
http://cl.exct.net/?qs=97fedff095471e983a892ac0dc3aad36dafafbb1325782a25edc67ddec013666

The article is available free online
http://cl.exct.net/?qs=97fedff095471e98ccccc9761f9002c96987c594a653787d99cfa30a353d28cd

Extreme Life on Earth Could Survive on Mars, Too
space.com
08 June 2010
A new discovery of bacterial life in a Martian-like environment on Earth
suggests our neighboring red planet could also be hospitable to some
form of microbial life.
Researchers found methane-eating bacteria that appear to be thriving in
a unique spring called Lost Hammer on Axel Heiberg Island in the extreme
north of Canada....

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars-hospitable-life-earth-100608.html

June Meteorite-Times Now Online
The June issue of Meteorite-Times is now up.
A huge thank you to all the writers for their contribution of talent and time each month.
http://www.meteorite-times.com/meteorite_frame.htm

Enjoy! Paul and Jim

Rec center is rocking place during annual gem show

Delta County Independent
A display of blue petrified wood from Wyoming and a meteor fragment from Delta were among the hundreds of interesting and educational exhibits at the show. ...

NASA flying observatory to track return of Japanese asteroid sampling spacecraft

The Canadian Press
The group will study the meteor-like plunge of the Hyabusa spacecraft, which visited the asteroid Itokawa during a seven-year mission and is carrying a ...

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Balmy water once bathed Mars rock claimed to host life
New Scientist Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:32 AM PDT
Researchers have yet to confirm a controversial claim that a meteorite from Mars boasts fossilised life, but a new study suggests the rock did form in hospitable conditions ....