New Scientist report Nickel-Iron meteorite
The Opportunity rover has found the first meteorite on the surface of Mars, scientists confirmed to New Scientist on Tuesday.
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Then, on 15 January, Opportunity extended its instrument arm to the rock. It used its Mossbauer spectrometer to confirm that the rock was made of iron and nickel, showing that it must indeed be a meteorite that had fallen from the sky.end of speculation!