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NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found

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October 29, 2026 • 52 views
Original source: NASA

When a rose-colored meteorite was found in the Sahara Desert in 2022, no one knew how old it was or where it came from. Not until NASA-funded scientists age-dated its minerals did they realize the nearly 2-pound (800-gram) rock was a piece of Mars that formed more than 4.1 billion years ago, making ...

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