Meteors,
Asteroids,
Comets
The
Tagish
Lake
Meteorite:
"Like
Sampling
the
Surface
of
a
Comet"
[1-28-2002]
A
scientific
consortium
of
4
universities
and
NASA
is
now
trying
to
uncover
the
debris
and
sample
the
early
solar
system's
unique
chemistry.
NASA
Scientist
Finds
Some
Meteorites
Not
Sugar-free
[1-25-2002]
A
discovery
by
a
NASA
scientist
of
sugar
and
several
related
organic
compounds
in
two
carbonaceous
meteorites
provides
the
first
evidence
that
another
fundamental
building
block
of
life
on
Earth
may
have
come
from
outer
space.
Carbonaceous
Clues
to
the
Early
Solar
System
[10-12-2001]
Carbonaceous
chondrite
meteorites
contain
vital
clues
to
the
evolution
of
carbon
compounds
in
our
solar
system
preceding
the
origin
of
life.
Cometary
Closeup
[9-26-2001]
In
a
risky
flyby,
NASA's
ailing
Deep
Space
1
spacecraft
successfully
navigated
past
a
comet,
giving
researchers
the
best
look
ever
inside
the
glowing
core
of
icy
dust
and
gas.
Making
the
Moon
[9-24-2001]
The
"giant
impact"
theory,
first
proposed
in
the
mid-1970s
to
explain
how
the
Moon
formed,
has
now
received
a
major
boost.
New
computer
simulations
demonstrate
how
a
single
impact
could
yield
the
current
Earth-Moon
system.
Rare
Canadian
Meteorite
Tagged
as
First
of
Its
Kind
Found
on
Earth
[8-27-2001]
In
a
triumph
for
space
geology,
a
team
of
scientists
said
they
found
a
rare
meteorite,
it's
the
first
of
its
kind
to
be
found
on
Earth
--
a
dark
and
rare
type
called
a
D
asteroid.
A
Taste
for
Comet
Water
[5-25-2001]
When
Comet
LINEAR
broke
apart
last
year
it
revealed
what
many
scientists
thought
all
along:
Water
in
Earth's
oceans
could
have
come
from
outer
space.
Was
Johnny
Appleseed
a
Comet?
[4-20-2001]
A
new
experiment
suggests
that
comet
impacts
could
have
sowed
the
seeds
of
life
on
Earth
billions
of
years
ago.
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