A rose-colored rock found in the Sahara in 2022 turned out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars
It weighs nearly 2 pounds and was picked up on a salt plain in Mali. A NASA-funded study now shows it is one of the oldest pieces of Mars ever found on Earth, and the first from a part of the planet never sampled before.
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- Ancient Meteorite Found in the Sahara Holds Secrets About Mars’ Watery Past.
- This ancient meteorite is a rare time capsule from early Mars.
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Ancient Meteorite Found in the Sahara Holds Secrets About Mars’ Watery Past
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