What do Mars and Iceland have in common? These days, not so much. But more than 4.5 billion years ago, it’s possible that the red planet had a crust comparable to Iceland today. Valerie Payré, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, is a part of an international research team that studied a martian meteorite called Black Beauty, providing fascinating insights into Earth’s past. …
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