25 January 2017
"Extinct" meteorite challenges our understanding of how the solar system formed
... the case", says Schmitz. “Our really surprising result is that it was completely different meteorites. The meteorite flux was dominated by other meteorites than those that are common on Earth today.” This new study therefore highlights that...
09 June 2021
Meteorites impacting Earth mainly come from a very small region of space, new study says
... dissolved almost ten tonnes of sedimentary rocks from ancient seabeds in strong acids to sift out tiny fragments of meteorites. Scientists can identify outer space particles as they contain a very small fraction of chromium oxide, a mineral that...
02 November 2020
Rare meteorite reveals evidence of water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago
...fragments - the earliest of which formed on Mars 4.4 billion years ago, making them the oldest known Martian meteorites. Recently 50 grams of NWA 7533 (Black Beauty) was acquired for analysis by an international team of researchers headed by Zhengbin...
09 December 2019
Metal-loving microbe prefers eating meteorites than earth rocks
... iron oxidation reactions and possibly make their meal more tolerable by reducing the toxicity of their meal. "Meteorite-fitness seems to be more beneficial for this ancient microorganism than a diet on terrestrial mineral sources," says Milojevic...
31 August 2020
"Dry" meteorites unlock the origin of Earth's water
...said lead author Laurette Piani, a researcher at CPRG. "In our study we have carefully selected the enstatite chondrite meteorites and applied a special analytical procedure to avoid being biased by the input of terrestrial water." Their results show...
12 May 2021
Scientists discover liquid water inside a meteorite
... a team of scientists headed by Dr. Akira Tsuchiyama, a visiting research Professor at Ritsumeikan University, have just found in fragments from a meteorite that fell to Earth in 2012 and was made famous after diamonds were found embedded in the rock...
