Meteorites
Claim of Alien Life in Meteorites Needs Further Review
[/caption] A recent paper published by a NASA scientist claims the discovery evidence of fossil bacteria in a rare subclass…
Solar System’s Story Revealed in a Pea
[/caption] Feast your eyes on some of the solar system's earliest materials: the pink core comprises melilite, spinel and perovskite.…
Incoming! New Camera Network Tracks Fireballs
How often have you seen a meteor streak across the sky and wondered where it came from and what it…
Meteorites May Have Delivered First Ammonia for Life on Earth
Researchers have teased ammonia of a carbon-containing meteorite from Antarctica, and propose that meteorites may have delivered that essential ingredient…
Meteorites Illuminate Mystery of Chromium in Earth’s Core
It’s generally assumed that the Earth’s overall composition is similar to that of chondritic meteorites, the primitive, undifferentiated building blocks…
Martian Meteorite Reveals Ancient Water Flows, Methane
[/caption] Scientists say a close-up look inside rare meteorite fragments from Mars shows evidence that impacts created flowing water near…
Powerful Mars Orbiter Directs Opportunity to Clays and Hydrated Minerals
[/caption] NASA is using its powerful science surveyor orbiting more than 241 kilometers above Mars to target the surface explorations…
Researchers Discover 2nd Largest Impact Crater in Australia
[/caption] Geothermal energy researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia have identified what may be the second largest meteorite…
Oppy’s New Meteorite Find (in 3-D!)
[/caption] The Opportunity rover has done it again -- found another strange-looking rock sitting on Meridiani Planum, and it looks…
Antarctic Micrometeorites Provide Clues to Solar System Formation
[/caption] Researchers sifting through the pristine, cold snow in Antarctica have found micrometeorites that contain a bit of a surprise.…