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'It was so simple': How Antarctica's missing meteorites were discovered using a block of ice, a freezer and a lamp
"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink ...
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Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
A Californian collector bought a rock in Morocco in 2011 and more than a decade later it turns out to be a much more valuable material
When you find a strange looking rock in the desert, it’s likely worth having some experts take a proper look at it, just like in this case.
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Bacteria That Synthesize Nano-sized Compasses to Navigate Using Earth's Geomagnetic Field
Several years ago researchers showed that magnetite crystals contained within the Martian meteorite ALH84001 exhibited characteristics similar to crystals synthesized by magnetotactic bacteria on ...
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A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door
The source of the splotch was officially registered on Monday as the Charlottetown meteorite, named after the city on Prince Edward Island, in eastern Canada, where it landed. Only 69 meteorites ...
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Watch (and hear!) a meteorite impact on doorbell camera video in a world 1st
A sharp crash that sounds like glass shattering or ice cracking has been documented as likely the world's first audio recording of a meteorite crash. It came by chance from a doorbell camera ...
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Mars’ Magnetic Field May Have Protected Water Longer Than Thought
The study closely examined Martian meteorites, especially Allan Hills 84001, which carry fragments of Mars’ ancient crust. By analyzing the magnetic signatures in these meteorites, scientists ...
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Meteorite findings
Meteorites are pieces of stone or iron that have broken off from asteroids and planets and fallen from space to Earth. Meteorites have great scientific value, and rare types of meteorites also have ...