{
  "id": 17270356,
  "title": "This Rosy Stone Spotted in the Sahara Turned Out to Be a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite From Mars, One of the Oldest Ever Found",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/this-rosy-stone-spotted-in-the-sahara-turned-out-to-be-a-4-1-billion",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-30T18:42:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-rosy-stone-spotted-in-the-sahara-turned-out-to-be-a-4-1-billion-year-old-meteorite-from-mars-one-of-the-oldest-ever-found-180989786/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Martian samples this old are extremely rare and offer clues about the Red Planet's youth. This meteorite further hints that our celestial neighbor was once a watery world, suggesting it could've had the conditions to host life",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}