Volcanic meteorite older than Earth itself found – Somag News

Researchers have identified a meteorite about 2 million years older than planet Earth. The rock was found last year in the middle of the Sahara desert, in Algeria, and its structure was analyzed by a team of French and Japanese scientists. According to the results of the study, the meteorite was formed during the early eras of the Solar System.
The team identified that its formation occurred by volcanic processes and took at least 100,000 years to cool and harden. Because of this, the guess is that…

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