Meteorite Found in Sahara is Piece of Mars at Least 4.1 Billion Years Old

Oct 30, 2026 - 18:45
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Meteorite Found in Sahara is Piece of Mars at Least 4.1 Billion Years Old
The largest fragment of the Martian meteorite Teghaza 001. Image credit: Liu et al., doi: 10.1126/science.adz5646.

Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in Mali four years ago, is a fragment of Mars’ primordial crust, formed at least 4.1 billion years ago, according to a new paper in the journal Science.

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