Until now, only a small fraction of meteorites that land on Earth had been firmly linked back to their parent body out in space – but a set of new studies has just given us compelling origin stories ...
New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's ...
South Africa probably has a lot more meteorites that haven’t been identified as such because they don’t stand out where they’ve landed or don’t look unusual enough for people to examine them.
For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests these ingredients weren’t missing from the start. Instead, they were likely ...
A team of scientists chemically analyzed chassignites and nakhlites, such as the one pictured, two kinds of Martian meteorites found on Earth, of which there are only 35 specimens. Credit: Scripps ...
For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...
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Did Earth's water really come from meteorites?
For many years, planetary scientists have believed that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history (OK, the time ...
The Antarctic meteorite hunters knew they’d found something good when they spotted the crusty black rock on a Miller Range ice field last year. “The field notes said, ‘this is very, very, very sexy.’ ...
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