19 May 2021
Scientists unexpectedly find heavy metal vapour in comets throughout our Solar System, and beyond
... is curious say the team, as material in our Solar System, for example that found in the Sun and in meteorites, usually contains about ten times more iron than nickel. The team suggest this might be due...
18 August 2021
New study sheds light on Solar System heavy metal problem
... in aluminum-26, which emits a gamma ray when it decays, was piqued back in the 70s when scientists examining meteorites found the isotope in calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions contained in these ancient rocks. After concluding that they...
01 November 2021
Curiosity finds organic molecules in Mars sand dune
... blocks of proteins, as these and other species such as amines and amides have previously been detected in Martian meteorites, but none were found, say Milan and colleagues. But, the team’s analysis did find as many...
12 October 2016
‘Asgardia’ to become the first new Space Nation
... as well as fragments of craft that potentially pose a dangerous situation in near-Earth orbits. The impact of the Chelyabinsk meteorite which crashed over a major Russian town as recently as 2013, injuring 1100 people and damaging 4000 buildings...
01 October 2019
Life on Mars: what to know before we go
... for any Mars book, the author gets down to the science of “Chlorophyll, Lichens and Algae”, Mars meteorites and methane. On methane, which “packs a very powerful astrobiological punch”, he explains that almost none should exist...
01 April 2020
Assembling Life
... on other planets (which should be all of us). According to Deamer, organic compounds delivered to Earth’s surface by meteorites could accumulate in small pools, in which a film of extremely concentrated compounds forms through evaporation. “If the...
