In 2022, an 800-gram pink rock was found in the Sahara Desert; NASA-funded researchers have now confirmed it came from Mars more than 4.1 billion years ago and preserves signs of the planet’s ancient water
NASA-funded study reveals 4.1-billion-year-old history of pink Martian rock found in Sahara (Image Credit: Darryl Pitt / Maine Mineral & Gem Museum via NASA) A rock that spent more than four billion years preserving clues about Mars’ early history was found lying in the Sahara Desert, looking like an ordinary pink stone. Discovered in 2022,…
