Meteorite discovery challenges long-held theories on Earth's missing elements
Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...
Paris Exhibition Shines a Light on Gold Clothes
A new exhibition in Paris, titled “Golden Thread,” shows how the precious metal has been used in clothing from North Africa ...
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Meteorites From the Earliest Planets Reveal How Earth Lost Certain Elements
Learn about the new perspective on Earth's reduction of moderately volatile elements, a discovery made possible by meteorites ...
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
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Ancient meteorite discovery may explain Earth’s missing elements
Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...
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Bennu asteroid samples yield watery history, key molecules for life
To learn about an asteroid—a rocky or metallic object in orbit around the Sun—we started with a study of meteorites.
Oregonian14d
Asteroid samples hint at how life formed on Earth, researchers say
To learn about an asteroid – a rocky or metallic object in orbit around the Sun – we started with a study of meteorites.
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Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
To learn about an asteroid – a rocky or metallic object in orbit around the Sun – we started with a study of meteorites. Asteroids like Bennu are rocky or metallic objects in orbit around the Sun.
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How do astronomers track asteroids that could threaten Earth?
"The Chelyabinsk meteor … came from the sun side," Denneau says ... "Is it rocky? Does it have a lot of metallic content? Is ...
Earth.com6d
Earth's missing elements were lost in violent collisions during formation
New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary ...
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Ring Camera Catches Startling Crash Of A Meteorite Hitting A Homeowner's Porch
scientists have determined that the meteorite is a run-of-the-mill chondrite. These are made up of non-metallic materials that formed in the early periods of the Solar System, but much of the ...