Slideshow: Chunk of Mars Found at South Pole

credit Courtesy of NASA/Johnson Space CenterThe newly discovered Martian meteorite is composed of a matrix of green and black crystals, as shown in this enlargement of a thin section taken from the rock. credit Courtesy of NASA/Johnson Space CenterA team of explorers from the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program discovered this 1.5-pound rock thought to […]


credit Courtesy of NASA/Johnson Space Center
The newly discovered Martian meteorite is composed of a matrix of green and black crystals, as shown in this enlargement of a thin section taken from the rock.

credit Courtesy of NASA/Johnson Space Center
A team of explorers from the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program discovered this 1.5-pound rock thought to be from Mars in a mountain range near the South Pole.