Origin site of oldest Martian meteorite ‘Black Beauty’ named after WA mining town
by Donna Lu from on (#61AYH)
Researchers used AI to pinpoint the meteorite's crater on Mars' southern hemisphere, naming it Karratha, a city close to the Pilbara region
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Artificial intelligence has helped pinpoint the exact origin site of the oldest Martian meteorite, in a discovery researchers say provides clues about the planet's early history.
The meteorite, commonly known as Black Beauty" and officially called Northwest Africa 7034, contains the oldest known Martian igneous material, which is approximately 4.5bn years old. It was found in the Sahara Desert in 2011.
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