Of the roughly 400 Martian meteorites ever found on Earth, none has been dated to the window between 600 million and 2.4 billion years ago — until a rock found in Algeria in 2019 was confirmed this month as 1.273 billion years old, sitting precisely in th

Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, August 12, 2026). Of the roughly 400 Martian meteorites ever found on Earth, none has been dated to the window between 600 million and 2.4 billion years ago — until a rock found in Algeria in 2019 was confirmed this month as 1.273 billion years old, sitting precisely in th: Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-12/of-the-roughly-400-martian-meteorites-ever-found-on-earth-none-has-been-dated

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  author = {Newsylist Editorial Desk},
  title = {{Of the roughly 400 Martian meteorites ever found on Earth, none has been dated to the window between 600 million and 2.4 billion years ago — until a rock found in Algeria in 2019 was confirmed this month as 1.273 billion years old, sitting precisely in th}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-12/of-the-roughly-400-martian-meteorites-ever-found-on-earth-none-has-been-dated},
  note = {Tracked across 3 independent newsrooms}
}

> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([Of the roughly 400 Martian meteorites ever found on Earth, none has been dated to the window between 600 million and 2.4 billion years ago — until a rock found in Algeria in 2019 was confirmed this month as 1.273 billion years old, sitting precisely in th](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-12/of-the-roughly-400-martian-meteorites-ever-found-on-earth-none-has-been-dated)), this event was corroborated across 3 independent sources with a live velocity of 2.