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the NASA-MOLA false-colour topographic model of the Mars surface Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech shows the hemispheric dichotomy and southern highlands (orange), a likely source for the Martian polymict breccia meteorites

Mars meteorite assault stopped 500 million years earlier than thought

24 June 2019

The Late Heavy Bombardment may have stopped on Mars 4.48 billion years ago, allowing it to become more favourable to life earlier than previously suggested

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