This 4-billion-year-old Martian meteorite fell to Earth – and scientists used a genius trick to work out exactly where it came from

An 800-gram pink rock found in the Sahara Desert in 2022 has been confirmed by NASA-funded researchers as a piece of Mars more than 4.1 billion years old. The meteorite preserves signs of the planet's ancient water, making it one of the oldest Mars meteorites ever found.

Source: This 4-billion-year-old Martian meteorite fell to Earth – and scientists used a genius trick to work out exactly where it came from — BBC Sky at Night Magazine

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Topics: mars · meteorite · nasa · space · science · sahara · astronomy