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	Resources > News & Features > Mars Exploration and Life on Mars Other news topics  Resource Topics Earth, Moon, and the Sun  The Solar System  Space Probes and Human Exploration  Stars and Nebulae  Astronomers and Observatories  Galaxies and Cosmology  Stargazing and Star Lore Resources FAQs about The Solar System Solar System Guide Astronomy Gift Shop 2008 Sky Almanac Pentax 10x50 binoculars McDonald Observatory logo cap More Tests for Mars Meteorite (From the September/October 1997 issue of StarDate magazine) NASA and the National Science Foundation have awarded more than 20 new grants for the continued study of Martian meteorite ALH84001. Last August, scientists announced finding evidence of microscopic life embedded in the rock, which was blasted off Mars and landed in Antarctica about 13,000 years ago. Some projects will study the meteorite itself. Others will study Earth rocks from hot springs and other extreme environments similar to the conditions planetary geologists think existed on ancient Mars. Seven NSF grants total almost $800,000 for two or three years; NASA's 16 grants total $1 million for the first year and $500,000 for the second.
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