Michael Velbel, Michigan State University (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Michael Velbel, Michigan State University

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A team of researchers, including Michigan State University's Michael Velbel, examined a meteorite from Mars, looking for clues that life may have once existed on the red planet. A professor of geological sciences, Velbel is currently serving as a senior fellow at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.

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Photo by Cari Corrigan.

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