Rose-colored Sahara meteorite identified as 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars

A rose-colored meteorite found in the Sahara turns out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old Martian rock, per CBS News, Reuters, Smithsonian and Phys.org. A NASA-funded study details it as one of the oldest Mars meteorites found.

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1. 31 Oct, 15:40 UTCFirst appeared on Google Trends
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