Mars may not have been born alongside the other rocky planets
New origin story could explain mystery of Red Planet’s makeup

FAR OUT Mars may have formed near what’s now the asteroid belt, much farther away from the sun than the other rocky planets.
ESA & MPS for OSIRIS Team, UPD, LAM, IAA, RSSD, INTA, UPM, DASP, IDA (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
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