A Martian meteorite that fell in Morocco has unknown material

A study carried out on the

called

, which fell in Morocco in 2011, revealed an "unprecedented" diversity of organic compounds that can help answer the question "of the presence of

" in the past in the red planet, as reported by the Hassan II University of Casablanca UH2C.

This meteorite, ejected from Mars 700,000 years ago, impacted with Earth in the Tissint desert in Morocco.

"The prospecting of the organic matter contained in the Tissint meteorite can help answer the question of the presence of a form of life on the planet in the past," read a statement from the Moroccan university.

According to the same source, the results of this study were published in

by an international team of researchers led by Philippe Schmitt Koplin, professor at the Technical University of Munich, and Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, professor at the Hassan II University of Casablanca UH2C. .

Was there life on Mars?

The same source added that the work carried out in this article presents "the most complete catalog ever made on the diversity of organic compounds contained in the Martian meteorite."

It is the fifth Martian meteorite to reach our planet.

This meteorite (

) impacted the Earth in July 2011 in the Tissint desert (in southern Morocco) and was the

seen to enter the Earth (the previous one was observed 50 years ago).

In a previous interview, the Moroccan scientist Chennaoui explained that the importance of the Tissint meteorite lies in the fact that it has been possible to work on a fresh material that

by atmospheric agents.

EFE Agency.

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