meteorites

Life Is Common in the Universe, New Analysis of Meteorites Suggests 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2018
Is there life on other planets?

By David Aragorn
Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to Earth 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- January 16, 2018
Two 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. They are the first meteorites found to contain both liquid water and a mix of complex organic compounds such as hydrocarbons and amino acids.

By David Aragorn
Sent from above — It’s exactly 100 years since the Strathmore meteorite brought fire to the sky 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 6, 2017
100 years ago this weekend, a meteorite ended its 4.5 billion-year journey through space when it blazed across the skies and crashed into the Strathmore countryside. Michael Alexander learned about a fragment now housed in Dundee.

By David Aragorn
Bronze Age Elite Forged All Their Best Weapons and Jewelry From Meteorites 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 6, 2017
How could people living during the Bronze Age pull off the difficult process of making iron?

By David Aragorn
A Dog-Killing Meteorite Just Rewrote Mars’ Volcanic History 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 5, 2017
How something as small as meteorites can change how we view something as big as Mars.

By David Aragorn
Mars Was Recently Hit by a Meteorite ‘Shotgun’ Blast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 15, 2017
A cluster of recent meteorite impacts on Mars have been found, highlighting a deadly hazard for future Mars colonists.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-looking Iron Meteorite 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 4, 2016
Laser-zapping of a globular, golf-ball-size object on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover confirms that it is an iron-nickel meteorite fallen from the Red Planet’s sky.

By David Aragorn
Ancient Meteorite Impact Rained Debris On US East Coast 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- October 19, 2016
A meteorite may have hit the surface of the Earth about 56 million years ago, raining debris for hundreds of miles across the Atlantic Ocean and what is now the East Coast of the U.S.

By David Aragorn
Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 13, 2016
Like cosmic ballet dancers, the stars of the Pleiades cluster are spinning. But these celestial dancers are all twirling at different speeds. Astronomers have long wondered what determines the rotation rates of these stars.

By David Aragorn
Sugar derivatives in meteorites shows enantiomeric excess 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 22, 2016
A slice from the 4.5-billion-year-old Allende meteorite. This rock was formed along with the solar system.

By David Aragorn