A team of European researchers discovered a new high-pressure mineral in a lunar meteorite which is helping to explain what happens to materials within the extreme pressures of the Earth’s mantle. The ...
Intensive new nano-analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite has revealed how it was affected by water and repeatedly smashed apart and reassembled on the journey it took through space before landing ...
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A meteorite discovered in a Swedish quarry is unique and distinct from other meteorites. It appears to be a relic of a massive collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago that send debris ...
NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named “Wassonite” in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica ...
Nachit, Hassane Ibhi, Abderrahmane En-nasiry, Mohamed Moggi Cecchi, Vanni Pratesi, Giovanni Herd, Christopher D. K. and Senesi, Giorgio S. 2022. Minerochemical and Microtextural Study of the Ungrouped ...
More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure—have been found on Earth. They are formed of simple ...
Get to know the main groups of meteorite. They differ in their amount of iron-nickel metal and what they reveal about the early solar system. Most iron meteorites are thought to be the cores of ...
Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system. What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid?
Satellite image of the Luna impact crater captured on February 24, 2024, by the Operational Land ... [+] Imager on Landsat 8. The Luna structure—named for its proximity to a village of the same ...