Meteorites reveal likely origin of Earth’s volatile chemicals
By analysing meteorites, Imperial researchers have uncovered the likely far-flung origin of Earth's volatile chemicals, some of which form the building…
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Meteorites found in Antarctica, could hold answers to Earth’s formation
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New Delhi, January 19In a rare discovery that could hold…
Martian meteorite contains large diversity of organic compounds: Tissint, which crash landed in…
The Martian meteorite Tissint contains a huge diversity of organic compounds, found an international team of researchers led by Technical University of…
Gases Found in Lunar Meteorites in Antarctica to Shed Light on Moon’s Origin
The most popular theory about the formation of the Moon is that it is the result of a collision between Earth and another celestial object. Now, a study has…
All of the bases in DNA and RNA have now been found in meteorites
More of the ingredients for life have been found in meteorites.
Space rocks that fell to Earth within the last century contain the five bases that…
Meteorites that helped form Earth may have formed in the outer solar system
Our Solar System is believed to have formed from a cloud of gas and dust, the so-called solar nebula, which began to condense on itself gravitationally ~ 4.6…
Machine learning points to prime places in Antarctica to find meteorites
The hunt for meteorites may have just gotten some new leads. A powerful new machine learning algorithm has identified over 600 hot spots in Antarctica…
Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed: Scientists…
Ever since scientists started looking at meteorites with microscopes, they've been puzzled -- and fascinated -- by what's inside. Most meteorites are made of…