The Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no clear indication of how it got there ...

Scientists have traced the origins of the Lafayette Meteorite back to Mars, dating its water-altered minerals to 742 million ...

"We think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was ...

A sliver of Martian rock that once lay hidden in a university drawer has helped researchers better understand the Red ...

Researchers from Purdue University have confirmed the so-called Lafayette Meteorite encountered Water before it left Mars ...

Scientist finds a random rock in a drawer; a century later, it helps humanity figure out when liquid water was on Mars.

The study identified when water interacted with the meteorite and established that the dating was unaffected by events after ...

A rock carved out of Mars 11 million years ago contains traces of liquid water. This has measurably changed its composition.

When did liquid water exist on Mars and what can it tell us about when, or if, life ever existed on the Red Planet? This is ...

A team of scientists has found evidence of liquid water on Mars from 742 million years ago in a Martian meteorite known as ...

This meteorite was rediscovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931 and therefore named the Lafayette Meteorite. During early investigations of the Lafayette Meteorite, scientists discovered ...