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A team of scientists in Australia have discovered an ancient meteorite buried in a salt lake, one they believe to be 4.5 billion years old. Phil Bland, a professor at Curtin University, told the ABC, "It is older than the Earth itself. It’s the oldest rock you’ll ever hold in your hand. It came to us from beyond the orbit of Mars, so in between Mars and Jupiter.” The meteorite was tracked by a team of researchers called the Fireball Network and was observed entering the earth’s atmosphere using a network of 32 cameras in Australia’s remote Lake Eyre region. The West Australian reports that the researchers then spent days sweeping the area, hoping to find the rock.

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