“Entirely Surprising” – Scientists Have Found a Martian Meteorite Unlike Any Known Before

A meteorite found in Algeria has opened a rare window into nearly 2 billion years of Mars’ history that had largely been missing from the geological record. Researchers at Boston College have determined that Northwest Africa (NWA) 13441, a rock blasted from Mars before eventually reaching Earth, crystallized about 1.273 billion years ago. Its age [...]