29 January 2020
Material older than the Sun found unexpectedly where it shouldn't be
... that formed in low temperatures or around the outside of chondrules; small, rounded particles embedded in most stony meteorites called chondrites. But a new study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, have found them where they...
26 April 2021
Microbes could potentially live beneath Mars' surface, new study suggests
...The study found that in several different types of Martian meteorites, all the ingredients, such as thorium, uranium and...in adequate abundances to support Earth-like habitats. Meteorites sourced from martian crustal rocks called regolith breccias that...
17 March 2021
Like Venus, ancient water on Mars is trapped in its crust, new study says
... on, and then never cycled back out," Scheller says. The research, which relied on data from telescopes, meteorites, satellite observations, and samples analysed by rovers on Mars, illustrates the importance of having multiple ways of probing the...
14 February 2018
Martian meteorite to be used as target practice
..., as well as the Natural History Museum of London. They tried several samples and ultimately agreed on using SaU008, a meteorite found in Oman in 1999. Besides being more rugged than other samples, a piece of it was available courtesy of Caroline...
29 April 2020
Scientists discover ancient nitrogen-bearing organic material in martian meteorite
... on Mars. Its presence therefore is of major astrobiological significance. Nonetheless, its discovery in the Allan Hills (ALH) 84001 meteorite doesn’t solve the question of whether Mars was once inhabited or not and questions such as where did...
November 2019
UAE meteor and debris monitoring network
... 119. Fireballs Over the last century, thousands of meteorites have left significant impacts in different parts of the world...scientific importance those meteors hold when they are collected as meteorites. By studying this natural space debris, we can ...
