‘Black Beauty’ Mars Rock Has Science Community Buzzing

Friday, 04 January 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Scientists are buzzing about a a 2.1-billion-year-old Martian rock which was recently found in the Sahara Desert, reports the LA Times this morning. Unlike other specimens from the planet, the meteorite appears to be from the crust of Mars and has given “an unprecedented close-up view of the Martian surface.” Researchers have named the rock “Black Beauty,” because it is uncharacteristically dark through and through.

SOURCE: LA Times