Agroup of scientists examined a meteorite from mars and found a carbon-rich substance that is produced when microorganisms decay. they concluded that the meteorite provided evidence there was once life on mars. why is this an emerging idea?

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this age may represent the age of the earth's accretion, of core formation, or of the material from which the earth formed. this dating is based on evidence from radiometric age-dating of meteorite material and is consistent with the radiometric ages of the oldest-known terrestrial and lunar samples.