Meteorites

The Asteroid That Fell To Earth: Meteorites from 2008 TC3 Still Giving Up Their Secrets

[/caption] It was an unprecedented event: On October 6, 2008, asteroid 2008 TC3 was spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey…

13 years ago

Meteorite Impact Sites Treated To CSI Techniques

[/caption] Over the last several years, we've been treated to television programs which have awakened us to how a crime…

13 years ago

Dawn Discovers Surprise 2nd Giant South Pole Impact Basin at Strikingly Dichotomous Vesta

[/caption] Scientists leading NASA’s Dawn mission have discovered a 2nd giant impact basin at the south pole of the giant…

13 years ago

Taking Mars’ Temperature – The ALH84001 Meteorite

[/caption] It might be four billion years old, but this meteorite which may have originated near the surface of Mars…

13 years ago

A Meteorite Visits the Comettes

[/caption] When your last name is Comette, I'm sure the occasional astronomy-themed joke is never far away. But it's no…

13 years ago

Rheasilvia – Super Mysterious South Pole Basin at Vesta is Named after Romulus and Remus Roman Mother

http://youtu.be/tYiOOScjPFI Video caption: Rheasilvia Impact Basin and Vesta shape model. This false-color shape model video of the giant asteroid Vesta…

13 years ago

3 D Alien Snowman Graces Vesta

[/caption] An alien ‘Snowman’ on an alien World. The ‘Snowman’ is a string of three craters and is among the…

13 years ago

Dawn Spirals Down Closer to Vesta’s South Pole Impact Basin

[/caption] NASA's Dawn Asteroid Orbiter is now spiraling down ever closer to the protoplanet Vesta - since arriving on July…

13 years ago

First Ever Vesta Vistas from Orbit – in 2D and 3D

[/caption] The first ever Vesta Vista snapped from the protoplanets orbit has been transmitted back through 117 million miles of…

13 years ago

Dawn Closing in on Asteroid Vesta as Views Exceed Hubble

[/caption] A new world in our Solar System is about to be unveiled for the first time – the mysterious…

13 years ago