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Martian Rock Found In Morocco

Posted by simoniker on from the red-planet-visits-here dept.

daeley writes "The BBC is reporting that a rock found in 2001 in Morocco is originally from Mars, similar in composition to the 1977 Antartica find. 'The meteorite would have been blasted off the Red Planet by an impact and may hold clues to Mars' watery past... scientists say the fragments are magmatic rocks. Magmatism is the main process by which water moves from the core of planets to their surface.'"

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  1. So after sending Spirit millions of miles... by bc90021 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...we find another Martian rock here on Earth. For those of you that don't think fate doesn't have a sense of irony, I think that this story proves it. ;)

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  2. Cool! by ZipR · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instead of us having to go to Mars, Mars is coming to us!

  3. Magmatism by deuist · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Magmatism is the main process by which water moves from the core of planets to their surface."

    I thought that magnetism was a process that involved two pieces of metal being attracted to each other. Oh, you said magmatism ...

  4. War of the Worlds by grungebox · · Score: 3, Funny
    Maybe those rocks are the results of primitive Martian interplanetary weapons tests. After all, they have to make sure mere rocks can make it here before they send plasma-nuclear-hyper-transmogrifying-death bombs, right?

    Oh geez, I better load up on duct tape if the fucking Martians are coming.

  5. It's only fair... by QSO_Wizard · · Score: 5, Funny

    the Earth is littering Mars with spacecraft debris. Mars just wants a little payback.

  6. More importantly... by paul248 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did they find Beagle 2 on it?

  7. Suspicious.... by Ironica · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article: The team that found it was led by experienced meteorite hunters Carine Bidaut and Bruno Fectay, who have now found six rocks from Mars - a record.

    Interesting that they seem to know *just* where to find Martian rocks.

    Quick! Get them! They're Martian spies!

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  8. Re:That explains it by mars_rover · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's odd... the piece of Mars I have on my desk is composed of entirely different substances: Milk Solids (40%), cocoa, emulsifiers, caramel, glucose etc. Scientists believe that it came from the Mare Saccharum region on Mars...

  9. Memo by cubicledrone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Better turn down the power on Spirit's drive wheels.

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