This Space Rock’s Weird Chemistry Suggests It Came From a Supernova0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 2, 2022
A rare stellar death may have formed a rock that eventually landed in Egypt.
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What’s up with this weird green rock on Mars? Perseverance rover is trying to find out.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2021
Perseverance’s laser hasn’t yet penetrated the mystery of a strange Martian rock near the rover’s new digs.
In a first, astronomers spotted a space rock turning into a comet0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 21, 2020
The process won’t be complete until 2063
Asteroid flyby: How Earth’s gravity changed record-breaking space rock’s path forever0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 20, 2020
Take that, asteroid 2020 QG!
Out-of-This-World Diamond-Studded Rock Just Got Even Weirder0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 20, 2018
The diamonds that are studding the Hypatia stone probably formed from the shock when the space rock blasted through Earth’s atmosphere.
Mysterious Ancient Egyptian Rock Made of Tiny Diamonds Formed Before the Solar System Existed0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- January 12, 2018
Mysterious fragments of a rock known as the Hypatia stone, found in the Egyptian desert in 1996, traces its origins back to even before the very first days of the solar system, according to a new paper published in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
A Bus-Size Asteroid Just Gave Earth a Close Shave0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2016
An asteroid the size of a school bus buzzed by Earth today (Sept. 7) in an exceptionally close — but safe — flyby. Scientists discovered the object on Monday, just two days before its encounter with Earth.
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