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Sahara meteorite confirmed as 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars

Original: SPACE · Sahara meteorite is a piece of Mars at least 4.1B years old NASA-funded scientists dated the rock, Teghaza 001,

NASA-funded scientists have dated a meteorite found in the Sahara, named Teghaza 001, to at least 4.1 billion years old and identified it as a fragment of Mars. Researchers matched the rock to 13 possible source locations on the Red Planet. Scientists stress the finding does not prove life ever existed on Mars.

Why now: The rare age and Martian origin of a meteorite found on Earth is a striking space science story.

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• SPACE · Sahara meteorite is a piece of Mars at least 4.1B years old NASA-funded scientists dated the rock, Teghaza 001, and matched it to 13 possible spots on Mars. It does not prove life existed there. Read the rest at: https:// thedailyfathom.com/space/2026- 10-30/ # Space #… · thedailyfathom · 2

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