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Meteorites
Basketball-sized meteorite hit Mars almost daily
Seismological data from NASA's Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars.
Our infant solar system had to have been doughnut-shaped
Iron meteorite helps unravel the mystery of our solar system's birth.
Meteorite analysis: Earth’s building blocks contained water
Study combines meteorite data with thermodynamic modeling.
Understanding terrestrial weathering effects on meteorites with Ryugu samples
The Ryugu samples avoided terrestrial alteration.
Early Earth’s nitrogen most likely came from meteorites
Icy micrometeorites: Nitrogen transport to earth.
Mystery solved: Why do certain metallic meteorites show traces of a magnetic field?
Collisions between asteroids might lead to the formation of metal asteroids.
New information about the composition and origins of Mars
Intriguing insights into the liquid core at the center of Mars.
Simple hand magnets erase a meteorite’s magnetic memory
A new study shows that simple hand magnets erase a meteorite’s magnetic memory.
New analysis shows how quickly meteorites can be contaminated by Earth’s atmosphere
Analysis of meteorites can provide insights into the asteroids they come from and how they have formed.
Scientists discovered a 17-pound meteorite in Antarctica
Scientists actually returned with five new meteorites, including this one.
Earth might have derived building blocks for life from Meteorites and gamma rays
Determining whether gamma-ray radiation could have contributed to amino acid formation in early meteorites.