# NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found

- Source: NASA
- Published: 2026-10-29T18:18:09+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasa-funded-study-details-one-of-oldest-mars-meteorites-ever-found/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/nasa-funded-study-details-one-of-oldest-mars-meteorites-ever-found-1b5a90/

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 4.1 billion years ago, making it one […]

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