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    turning points in the history of the developing science of astrobiology. ALH 84001 was found on the Allan Hills Far Western Icefield during the 1984–85 season...
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    indicative of Martian life, but of contamination by earthly biofilms. ALH 84001 is as old as the basaltic and intermediate shergottite groups – i.e.,...
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    and clinopyroxene. Orthopyroxenites can also occur on other planets. ALH 84001 is a Martian meteorite that can be classified as an orthopyroxenite. It...
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    methane traces. In 2022 it was reported that microscopic examination of the ALH 84001 meteorite, which came from Mars, shows that indeed the organic matter...
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    postulating past life on Mars on the basis of evidence in Martian meteorite ALH 84001, which had been found in Antarctica. This paper has become one of the...
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    demonstrated that rod-like structures observed in another meteorite, the ALH 84001 discovered in Antartica, and thought for a time to be of extraterrestrial...
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    entries): Shergottites Nakhlites Chassignites OPX martian meteorites (ALH 84001) Regolith/Soil samples (NWA 7034 and pairings) Glossary of meteoritics...
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  • speaker of the House of Representatives. 1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive...
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    processes. Although the scientific community has largely rejected the claim ALH 84001 contains evidence of ancient Martian life, the controversy associated...
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  • used it to measure oxygen-isotope variations in the Martian meteorite ALH 84001. His results cast light on the environment in which the carbonate grains...
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