A special kind of meteorite with radioactive elements could have potentially sparked life on Earth, a new study suggests. Researchers have previously theorised that meteorites may have delivered amino ...
China’s Chang’e-6 mission, the first sample return mission to the far side of the Moon last year, made a fascinating discovery. While poring over the returned lunar samples, which arrived on Earth in ...
Figure 2: Rare earth element patterns of Ca–phosphate minerals from different chondrites. Figure 3: The result of SIMS U–Pb dating of apatite in DaG 978. In addition, recent studies suggested that ...
The meteor that caused at least 1,000 injuries in Russia after a startling and powerful daytime explosion one week ago has been identified as a chondrite. Russian scientists who analyzed fragments of ...
The meteor that exploded over the Che­lyabinsk region of Russia on Feb. 15 was an ordinary chondrite, with a stony composition common to most of the meteorites that land on Earth, according to an ...
Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On a chilly February night in 2021, Winchcombe, a garden-girdled ...
A new study finds that Earth's water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed -- instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering ...