The 'Martian Life' story that made the whole science world go nuts.jpg (feat. Meteorite)

Bringing you one of the legendary space mystery stories that got the whole world buzzing. It's about a meteorite called 'Allan Hills 84001 (ALH84001)'. **1. It's not just a regular rock**

At first glance, it looks like Pebble 1 that you might kick on the street, but its specs are insane. Origin: Mars Age: About 4 billion years old (formed in the early days of Mars) Arrival on Earth: Crash-landed in Antarctica about 13,000 years ago Discovery: Picked up (joop-joop) in 1984 by a US meteorite exploration team in Allan Hills, Antarctica (hence the name ALH84001) To summarize this rock's story: About 16 million years ago, a massive meteor crashed into Mars, and the impact flung this fragment out into space. It floated around the solar system and somehow landed *exactly* on Earth, specifically in Antarctica. The odds are absolutely legendary.

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**2. 1996, plastered all over news headlines worldwide** They thought it was just a Martian rock, but in 1996, NASA and scientists cracked it open and looked through a microscope, where they spotted a weird structure. **"Dude, isn't this like a fossilized bacterium inside??"**

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This picture came out, and chaos ensued. See those wiggly, worm-like things? Scientists **claimed they were 'fossils of Martian bacteria.'** Even US President Bill Clinton came out in public to talk about it. He said, **"This could change our view of the universe,"** yep. Everyone went into hyped-up mode, thinking they had found the first evidence of extraterrestrial life in human history.