Tagish Lake meteorite that fell in northern B.C. contains clues as to how life may have arisen on Earth0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- May 21, 2020
Material collected from Tagish Lake meteorite that fell across Yukon, B.C. in 2000
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What meteors and meteorites can tell us about how the Earth was made and the origin of life0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Space
- May 19, 2020
What do you think of when you hear “meteor”?
Researchers Find Nitrogen-Bearing Organics in Ancient Martian Meteorite0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- May 2, 2020
Four-billion-year-old carbonates in a Martian meteorite called Allan Hills (ALH) 84001 contain nitrogen-bearing organic molecules, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications.
Researchers Find Presolar Grains in Unusual Inclusion from Allende Meteorite0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- January 29, 2020
Scientists from Washington University, St. Louis, Caltech and the University of Chicago have found presolar grains — tiny bits of solid interstellar material formed before the Sun was born — in Curious Marie, a sample of the famous Allende meteorite.
Extraterrestrial Sugar Found in Space Rocks Show that Meteorites May Have Led to Origin of Life on Earth0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 22, 2019
In a first, an international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites.
Scientists Find Extraterrestrial Cyanide Compounds in Meteorites0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 27, 2019
A research team led by scientists from Boise State University and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has identified several complex cyanide compounds in a set of CM chondrite meteorites. These extraterrestrial organometallic compounds are a source of free cyanide and also bear a striking similarity to portions of the active sites of hydrogeneses (enzymes that provide energy to bacteria and archaea by breaking down hydrogen gas), which suggests that these compounds may have played an important role during the origin and early evolution of life on Earth.
Site of biggest ever meteorite collision in the UK discovered0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- June 10, 2019
Scientists believe they have discovered the site of the biggest meteorite impact ever to hit the British Isles.
Curtin planetary scientist unravels mystery of Egyptian desert glass0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- May 17, 2019
A Curtin University researcher has solved a nearly 100-year-old riddle by discovering that glass found in the Egyptian desert was created by a meteorite impact, rather than atmospheric airburst, in findings that have implications for understanding the threat posed by asteroids.
Comet Ingredients Swallowed by an Asteroid, Found Sealed Inside a Meteorite0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 17, 2019
The raw materials from a comet have been found sealed inside a pristine, primitive meteorite.
Meteorites recovered from Michigan meteor explosion0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 23, 2018
Friday, January 19, 2018, 5:42 PM – Did you see the incredible meteor fireball that flashed across the sky over Windsor-Essex and southern Michigan on Tuesday night? Astronomers from Flint’s Longway Planetarium have actually found fragments meteorites from this bright bolide explosion!
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