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A 4.1-billion-year-old Mars meteorite named Teghaza 001, found in the Sahara, preserves chemical traces of Mars' ancient hydrosphere, offering scientists what one reviewer called a 'Rosetta Stone' for understanding the planet's watery past.
A rare Martian meteorite named Teghaza 001, found in the Sahara in 2022, has been dated to at least 4.1 billion years old, making it only the third known ancient Martian meteorite and offering new insight into Mars's ancient crust.
A blog post discusses the rarity of naturally occurring quasicrystals, which have only been found in a few exotic locations such as the Khatyrka meteorite, a lightning strike in Nebraska, and the Trinity atomic bomb test site.