Meteorites
Mystery Moon Flashes Caused by Meteorite Impacts
[/caption] For hundreds of years, people have seen tiny flashes of light on the surface of the Moon. Very brief,…
Rocks From Mars
[/caption] Scientists studying life on Mars got a late Christmas present this year: confirmation that meteorites found in Morocco in…
‘Impossible’ Crystals May Have Come From Space
[/caption] A unique type of crystal appears to have its origins in meteorites, according to a new study. Quasicrystals are…
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Holiday Greetings from an Alien Snowman on Vesta
[/caption] Celebrate the winter holiday season in the company of an ‘Alien Snowman’ on the asteroid Vesta, someone we didn’t…
Incoming! Meteorite Shockwaves Could Set Off Martian Dust Avalanches
[/caption] They are headed toward the surface like a speeding freight train... and running ahead of them is a shockwave.…
Meteorite Alert! Remote Cameras Capture Slow-Moving Fireball near Toronto
[/caption] In newly released footage from the University of Western Ontario, a bright, slow-moving fireball was captured in the skies…
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Rainbow of Colors Reveal Asteroid Vesta as More Like a Planet
[/caption] The giant Asteroid Vesta is among the most colorful bodies in our entire solar system and it appears to…
Asteroid Lutetia… A Piece Of Earth?
[/caption] According to data received from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, ESO’s New Technology Telescope, and NASA telescopes, strange asteroid Lutetia could…
Rare Pallasite Meteorite Found in Missouri
[/caption] Meteorite hunter Karl Aston finds meteorites not by digging in the ground, but by placing ads in local newspapers.…
Did A Supernova Shape Our Solar System?
[/caption] Away in space some 4.57 billion years ago, in a galaxy yet to be called the Milky Way, a…