Meteorites

Study offers one more clue to how our Moon was formed

One more clue to the Moon’s origin.

Evidence that giant meteorite impacts formed Earth’s continents

Giant impacts provide a mechanism for fracturing the crust.

Martian meteorites can teach us about Earth’s origins

What do Mars and Iceland have in common?

Asteroids can hold life generating molecules

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

Confirmed: Meteorite that hit Earth in 2014 was interstellar

It may have left interstellar debris on the seafloor.

Meteorites that form the earth may have formed in the outer solar system

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

Investigating the dynamics of the early solar system

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

A 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite could reveal the origins of life on Earth

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

Lightning strikes are as important as meteorites for life origins on Earth

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

Shedding light on the cosmic origin of the heaviest elements on the periodic table

Meteorites remember conditions of stellar explosions.

The study uncovered key clues about the solar system’s history

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

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