'International beam team' solves Martian meteorite-age puzzle
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 20:30
in Astronomy & Space
By directing energy beams at tiny crystals found in a Martian meteorite, geologists have proven that the most common group of meteorites from Mars is almost four billion years younger than many scientists had believed -- resolving a long-standing puzzle in Martian science and painting a much clearer picture of the Red Planet's evolution that can now be compared to that of habitable Earth.