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NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found
NASAThursday, October 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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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.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. 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.
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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.
Why it matters
Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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NASA published: NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found
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