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Mars Rock Older Than Thought

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-don't-look-a-day-over-3-billion dept.

Rambo Tribble writes "The BBC reports on a finding, reported in Nature, (abstract), that the so-called 'Black Beauty' rock, discovered in the Sahara, is over twice as old as previously thought. The meteorite is now thought to be 4.4 billion years old, dating from a time in a nascent Mars' history that scientists are eager to know more about."

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  1. This rock is so old... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...it's older than thought itself!

  2. Re: Silly to assume by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does Mars exist in this universe? Yes. Is it traveling at relativistic speeds? No.
    Therefore Mars and Earth time are similar if not the same.

    Also, we can communicate with Curiosity fine, except for a delay due to distance.

  3. Re:Silly to assume by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 2

    What makes you so sure that "time" is the same on Mars as it is on Earth?

    What makes you think they might not be?

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    systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
  4. yeah by MoreThanThen · · Score: 2

    but 1st I gotta complete the Dr Who doodle over @ google.fr

  5. Proof that thinking is a recent occurence ... by Laxator2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...Older than thought".
    Humans became a sentient species only recently, on the geological time scale.
    So a rock being older that thought itself, is not so surprising.
    Now, what was I just thinking about?
    My head feels heavy, like a rock ...

  6. Adapted from Futurama by barlevg · · Score: 2

    Q: Why does a Mars rock taste better than an Earth rock?

    A: Because it's a little meteor.

  7. In related news ... by PPH · · Score: 2

    ... Earth rock still holds the record thanks to Mick Jagger.

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    Have gnu, will travel.