According to recent research, an older meteorite was found in Algeria last year, according to ScienceAlert.
The study’s global team of experts concluded that the space rock is an astonishing wonder that can offer previously undiscovered information about the early solar system.
When the rock asteroid was found in May in the Erg Check sand sea, it was immediately considered unusual since, unlike other meteorites, it was clearly formed by a volcano, indicating it could have been a component of the crust. of a planet.
However, as described in a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an analysis of the radioactive decay of isotopes in the sample indicated that it began approximately 4.566 million years ago. Since its age is slightly older than that of Earth, it is most likely that it was once part of another potentially extinct globe.
It is not immediately clear which protoplanet the asteroid could have originated from.
It is the oldest magmatic rock discovered so far, so future research on it is likely, the researchers noted in their report. Additionally, analysis of the ancient fragment by scholars may yield new insights into the solar system’s past.
