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Machine Learning ‘Phones Home’ for Famous ‘Black Beauty’ Martian Meteorite

Using a multidisciplinary approach involving a machine learning algorithm, the new research – published in Nature Communications – identified the particular crater on Mars that ejected the so-called ‘Black Beauty’ meteorite, weighing 320 grams, and paired stones, which were first reported as being found in northern Africa in 2011. Black Beauty is the only brecciated Martian sample ...

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Black Beauty meteorite.

Ancient Zircon Minerals From Mars Reveal Its Elusive Internal Structure

The uranium-bearing mineral zircon is an abundant constituent of Earth’s continental crust, providing information about the age and origin of the continents and large geological features such as mountain chains and giant volcanoes. But unlike Earth, the crust of Mars is not evolved and is compositionally similar to the crust found under the Earth’s oceans, ...

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A partial eclipse of Mars.