Recent Evidence of Meteorites Striking Mars (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Recent Evidence of Meteorites Striking Mars

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Mars gets blasted with space rocks much more frequently than Earth because they are less likely to burn up in its thinner atmosphere.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Univ. of Arizona

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