4.5 Billion Years Old

In January of 2000 a meteor fell onto frozen Taggish Lake in Canada. It was immediately scooped up by a local resident and sold to a university who has since estimated its age at about 4.5 Billion years. That would make it the oldest object ever found! For reference, the sun is thought to be about the same age. What's even more amazing is that it contained organic material. Scientists think this may be a clue to how the ingredients for life arrived on Earth.