Ballpoint Pen Ink Contaminates Martian Meteorite Samples During Lab Processing
Scientists from the University of the Basque Country in Spain discovered traces of ballpoint pen ink in Martian meteorite samples received from NASA’s Johnson Space Center, revealing a contamination issue in planetary sample preparation. The contamination occurred during the cleaning and processing of six meteorite slices collected between 2001 and 2014, despite efforts to remove … Read more