Wish I had an intergalactic mineral named after me :(..

The article says "Wassonite is probably not the only mineral that for billions of years has remained unknown to scientists." but scientists haven't existed for billions of years!

Well Jeff, discover one and you can. :)

. There is an asteroid named after me.... actually... it's named after my [NASA scientist] brother, but we share the same name :) .

@Jeff Exactly what I was thinking! Plus if Wassonite is 4 billion years old and was from a meteorite then it can only mean that the Earth was already being formed (or had been formed) when hit making the Earth way over 8-10 billion years old. Gets more and more bonkers the more we 'learn' about space.

. Some meteorites are from the moon... some are from Mars. .

@Robail....... Mc Fly, hey Mc Fly, What if the meteorite was formed over 4 billion years ago but hit earth only 1000 years ago. Would that still mean the earth has to be over 8-10 Billion years old.

The rock itself is 4 billion years old. The meteorite has not been sitting on an ice sheet in Antartica for 4 billion years.

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Not much science news on RT... why is that ?

Saudi Arabia is interested in NASA projects. Would Saudi Arabia be an ideal spot to receive "beamed down" space-based solar ?

Actually the earth and the universe is as young as 6,000 years

Mark: Please don't mix science with religion. And in that case, there are really no stars or asteroids because what we are really seeing is a sheet in the sky