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Baseball-size Martian rock recovered in the Sahara
By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press
• This image provided by Carl Agee of University of New Mexico shows a rock from Mars that landed in the Sahara Desert. An examination of the meteorite known as NWA 7034 determined it is 2.1 billion years old and is water-rich.
LOS ANGELES—Scientists are abuzz about a rock from Mars that landed in the Sahara desert: A yearlong analysis revealed it’s quite different from other Martian meteorites.
Not only is it older than most, it also contains more water. The baseball-size meteorite, estimated t... Published: 01/04/2013
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