Meteorites
Meteorites Bathed in Gamma Rays Produce More Amino Acids and Could Have Helped Life get Going on Earth
Our modern telescopes are more powerful than their predecessors, and our research is more focused than ever. We keep discovering…
Astronomers Spotted a Tiny Asteroid A Few Hours Before it Impacted the Earth, and Predicted Exactly Where and When it Would Crash
Humanity is getting better a planetary defense. At least from external threats from outer space. As long as they're just…
Space Diamonds are Even Harder Than Earth Diamonds
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers led…
Lunar Rocks Have Earth's Noble Gases Trapped Inside. More Evidence That the Moon Came From the Earth
Piecing together the history of the Solar System from the traces left behind isn’t easy. Bit by bit, however, we’re…
Want to Own a Meteorite from Geoff Notkin’s Personal Collection?
For nearly 30 years Geoff Notkin has traveled the world in search of meteorites, those ancient relics from outer space…
The Building Blocks of Earth Could Have Come From Farther out in the Solar System
Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago via accretion. Earth's building blocks were chunks of rock of varying sizes. From…
A Meteorite Recently Crashed Into Australia. A Drone Scoured the Area and Found it
Drones have become more and more ubiquitous in recent years. From recently discovering the Endurance to participating in wars, drones…
Water was Already Here Before the Earth Formed
Where did Earth's water come from? That's one of the most compelling questions in the ongoing effort to understand life's…
Simulation Predicts Where to Find 300,000 Meteorites Hidden in Antarctica
Although meteorites are known to fall all over the world, the environment and unique processes in Antarctica make them somewhat…
The Early Solar System Had a Gap Where the Asteroid Belt is Today
Wind the cosmic clock back a few billion years and our Solar System looked much different than it does today.…