Tag: meteorites
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Feb 14, 2018A piece of a meteorite called Sayh al Uhaymir 008 (SaU008) will be carried on board NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission. -
Jan 18, 2018Earth began to receive water from space even before our planet had fully formed. -
Jan 15, 2018Two wayward space rocks, which separately crashed to Earth in 1998 after circulating in our solar system’s asteroid belt for billions of years, share something else in common: the ingredients for life. -
Nov 16, 2017Asteroids key to understanding our Solar System's formation. -
Oct 3, 2017Life on Earth may have begun after meteorites splashed down and leached essential elements into warm little ponds. -
Aug 5, 2017According to one longstanding theory, our Solar System’s formation was triggered by a shock wave from an exploding supernova. -
May 5, 2017New research shows that large meteorite impacts can be followed by intense, long-lived, and explosive volcanic eruptions. -
Mar 6, 2017Mars may have been a wetter place than previously thought, according to research conducted on simulated Martian meteorites. -
Nov 16, 2016Three federal entities, including NASA, are reaffirming their commitment to search for Antarctic meteorites, to help learn more about the primitive building blocks of the solar system. -
Aug 30, 2016A synthetic version of phosphorus shows how this nutrient gave boost to life.
