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For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...
A massive meteorite that slammed into the planet 3.26 billion years ago may have done just that, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
A team of scientists has uncovered two rare meteorite fragments on remote salt flats in outback Western Australia, days after a fireball lit up the skies above Perth and surrounding regions on ...
Billings resident finds Wyoming meteorite after 10-year hunt 'It was like out of the movies' By MARY PICKETT Of The Gazette Staff Jan 30, 2011 Jan 30, 2011 Updated Jan 30, 2011; 0; 1 of 12 ...
Without meteorites, you probably wouldn’t be reading this. As writer Maria Golia explains in her new book, Meteorite: Nature And Culture, meteorite bombardments during Earth’s infancy may have ...
A team of scientists has uncovered two rare meteorite fragments on remote salt flats in outback Western Australia, days after a fireball lit up the skies above Perth and surrounding regions on ...
In April 2019, a fiery streak lit up the sky over northern Costa Rica. It wasn’t lightning or fireworks. It was a rock from space, plunging into Earth’s atmosphere at over 14 kilometers per ...
Ann Hodges is the only confirmed person in history to have been hit by a meteorite. Moody Jacobs shows a giant bruise on the side and hip of his patient, Ann Hodges, in 1954, after she was struck ...
Two Soviet spacecraft, the Vostok 5 and 6, returned to Earth, ending a historic joint mission carrying the first woman in space.