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Carbon Compounds from Mars Found Inside Meteorite ALH84001

NASA/JSC/Stanford University1996-08-08

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This 4.5 billion-year-old rock, labeled meteorite ALH84001, is one of 10 rocks from Mars in which researchers have found organic carbon compounds that originated on Mars without involvement of life.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00289

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  • Title: Carbon Compounds from Mars Found Inside Meteorite ALH84001
  • Creator: NASA/JSC/Stanford University
  • Date Created: 1996-08-08
  • Rights: JPL
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