Posted by tourdemars to Meteorites at November 24, 2001 12:00 PM

These days, it seems like scientists are searching everywhere for water on Mars. Geologists Timothy Grove of MIT and Harry McSween, Jr. of the University of Tennessee have been looking for Martian water right here on Earth. The scientists’ report in the January 25th issue of Nature proposes that volcanic magma rising to the surface of Mars contained water. Some rocks formed by volcanic activity were then ejected from Mars, becoming meteorites, and wound up here on Earth. They have since been analyzed for their mineral content and evidence of water.