
One of oldest Mars meteorites discovered in Sahara offers glimpse of ancient crust and water
NASA-funded study dates Teghaza 001 to more than 4.1 billion years, revealing a rare piece of the Red Planet's early history
A rose-colored meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in 2022 has been identified as one of the oldest Martian rocks ever discovered on Earth, formed more than 4.1 billion years ago and showing signs of interaction with ancient water, NASA-funded scientists reported Thursday in the journal Science.