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October 30, 2026 / 11:09 AM EDT / CBS News

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A rose-colored meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in 2022 has been identified as a 4.1-billion-year-old chunk of the Red Planet, a NASA study determined.

The nearly two-pound meteorite was found in Mali. It was named Teghaza 001, after the salt plain where it was discovered, NASA said in a news release.

Study of the meteorite allowed NASA scientists to determine it was one of roughly 435 from Mars .…