Martian bugs found on meteorite

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The fossilised remains of Martian bugs have been discovered on a meteorite that crashed into the Antarctic 13,000 years ago.

The rock - named name Allen Hills 84001 - sparked a huge debate when it was found in 1996 and both Nasa and U.S. President Bill Clinton announced the possible discovery of life from Mars.
It was initially thought that the fossils were bacteria from Earth that contaminated the meteorite while it lay in the frozen wasteland.

But according to a leaked report from Nasa, scientists now believe the fossilised remains originated on Mars.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ded-Earth-13-000-years-ago.html#ixzz0XychKDTW
so now we have some form of life out there.
 
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Yay for fossilised micro organisms!

The phrase "is expected to announce the findings" means we do not yet know. Don't take it as fact until then.
 
Forgive my ignorance, but how does a Martian rock find its way to Antarctica? By which I mean, how does it get free of the Martian surface?
 
Forgive my ignorance, but how does a Martian rock find its way to Antarctica? By which I mean, how does it get free of the Martian surface?

Asteroid hits Mars
Debris from Mars gets kicked up out of it's atmosphere into space
Debris finds it's way to Earth.

I think. Hasn't happened in a while anyway.
 
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