Formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago, Mars probably has captivated humans since the 1800s when telescopes revealed its intriguing surface for the first time.
Dozens of crewless spacecrafts, including orbiters, landers, and rovers, have been sent to Mars by the Soviet Union, the United States, Europe, India, the United Arab Emirates, and China to better understand the planet’s climate, geology and surface. And now, thanks to Scripps Oceanography geologist James Day and his colleagues’ recent report on Martian meteorites, scientists will be able to better understand the internal structure of the enchanting Red Planet.
More info: Science Advances
