Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Meteorites found in the Sahara Desert might be pieces of Mercury that broke off as the result of a collision when the Solar System was still forming. The meteorites had many parallels to the surface of Mercury, but also some noticeable differences, including a mineral not previously detected on Mercury’s surface. Meteorites that emerged from the Sahara desert might be from another resident of our solar system, Mercury. The innermost planet of the solar system is only about 58 million km. Stokes examined meteorites that had previously been suspected to have come from Mercury and found possible matches.