Meteorites

Researchers successfully identified all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA in meteorites

It may have left interstellar debris on the seafloor.

These asteroids formed in distant orbits and may help explain Earth's composition.

Size doesn’t matter!

Scientists can deduce the probable events that affected the object and reconstruct a time-lapse.

The small meteorite in the UK comes from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Lightning strikes played a vital role in life's origins on Earth.

Meteorites remember conditions of stellar explosions.

New clues lead to a better understanding of the evolution of the solar system and the origin of Earth as a habitable planet.

It was discovered within the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 found in 2014 in the Western Sahara.

It is thought to be one of the largest meteorite craters in the world.

Meteorites can contain a wide range of material phases due to the extreme environments found in space. They are ideal candidates to search for...