Tissint meteorite. Credit: Kurt Kracher, Natural History Museum Vienna
Tissint, a Martian meteorite that plummeted to Earth and crash-landed in Morocco over 11 years ago, is one of only five such meteorites that have been observed during their descent to our planet.
An international team of researchers, led by Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin from the Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Munich and including Andrew Steele from Carnegiehas discovered a vast diversity of organic compounds in the Martian meteorite Tissint. Their findings have recently been published in the journal
Tissint meteorite. Credit: Ludovic Ferriere, Natural History Museum Vienna
“DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add6439
The study was funded by the German Research Foundation.
