Boston College scientists have determined that a newly discovered meteorite from Mars is 1. 27 billion years old and derived from a previously unsampled, pristine source on the Red Planet. The study is published in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-08-rare-mars-meteorite-billion-year.html)