Sentences with phrase «similar ancient rocks»

Not exact matches

What they discovered stunned them: The meteorites showed evidence of ancient magnetic fields similar to those of rocks formed on Earth within the planet's magnetic field.

Common in Precambrian Shield rocks — the oldest rocks on Earth — the ancient waters have a chemistry similar to that found near deep sea vents, suggesting these waters can support microbes living in isolation from the surface.

«If the ancient rocks of Earth are producing this much hydrogen, it may be that similar processes are taking place on Mars,» said Sherwood Lollar.

Now the group has made a similar find in a second mine, suggesting ancient rocks could be riddled with such time capsules, right back to the early days of life on Earth.

The chemical make - up of those rocks is similar to the ancient ones.