Scientists have what they say is one of the oldest Mars meteorites — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/scientists-have-what-they-say-is-one-of-the-oldest-mars-meteoritesContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Scientists identify 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite Teghaza 001https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/scientists-have-what-they-say-is-one-of-the-oldest-mars-meteoriteshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/scientists-have-what-they-say-is-one-of-the-oldest-mars-meteorites#u175566Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:12:25 +0000Geologists have identified a rose-colored meteorite found in the Sahara Desert as a piece of Mars dating back 4.1 billion years. Named Teghaza 001, the specimen is one of the oldest Martian meteorites ever discovered on Earth. NASA-funded research indicates the rock is an intact slab of the planet's ancient crust from a region previously unsampled by landers. Scientists are analyzing the specimen to determine when Mars was Earth-like and have identified 13 possible points of origin on the red planet.Why it mattersThe discovery provides a rare physical sample of the Martian crust from the