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2026-10-30

4.1 billion years old, and it's from Mars

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Science World@Shaher Al Shahriar Iraq
798.5 grams of Mars, 4.1 billion years old, and the water locked inside it had already lost its light hydrogen. 12334

References

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    Liu, Saper, Bell, Ma, Li, Hu, Guan, Melton, Cruz-Uribe, Yap, Tissot, Bucholz, Ziegler & Agee, "A Martian meteorite that formed \u2273.4.1 billion years ago samples Mars' early crust and mantle", Science, 29 October 2026

    doi.org

  2. 2
    Saper, Liu, Guan, Ma, Bell & Agee, "A Noachian hydrosphere component in the 4.1-Ga Martian meteorite Teghaza 001", Science Advances 12, eaea3420, 10 June 2026

    doi.org

  3. 3
    NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory release, 29 October 2026

    jpl.nasa.gov

  4. 4
    University of New Mexico release, 29 October 2026, with Carl Agee's account of the find

    eurekalert.org

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