Meteorites
Defining Life I: What are Astrobiologists Looking For?
How can astrobiologists find extraterrestrial life? In everyday life, we usually don’t have any problem telling that a dog or…
Meteoric Evidence Suggests Mars May Have a Subsurface Reservoir
It is a scientific fact that water exists on Mars. Though most of it today consists of water ice in…
The Origins of Life Could Indeed Be “Interstellar”
Some of science's most pressing questions involve the origins of life on Earth. How did the first lifeforms emerge from…
How Do Planets Form? Semarkona Meteorite Shows Some Clues
It may seem all but impossible to determine how the Solar System formed, given that it happened roughly 4.5 billion…
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Potential Weekend Meteor Shower Will Pelt the Moon Too!
If the hoped-for meteor blast materializes this Friday night / Saturday morning (May 23-24) Earth won't be the only world getting…
Follow-Up on Skydiving Meteorite: Crowdsourcing Concludes it Was Just a Rock
For all those involved with the initial investigation of the skydiver and the possible meteorite, they now feel they have…
Norwegian Skydiver Almost Gets Hit by Falling Meteor — and Captures it on Film
It sounds like a remarkable story, almost unbelievable: Anders Helstrup went skydiving nearly two years ago in Hedmark, Norway and…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 28, 2014: Good NASA News and 715 Confirmed Planets!
Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson, Elizabeth Howell, Jason Major, Casey Dreier, Mike Simmons (more…)
Where Did Earth’s Water Come From?
Anyone who's ever seen a map or a globe easily knows that the surface of our planet is mostly covered…
Experts Question Claim Tunguska Meteorite May Have Come from Mars
In 1908 a blazing white line cut across the sky before exploding a few miles above the ground with a…