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Scientists say 2 asteroids may actually be fragments of destroyed planets from our early solar system
New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
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Scientists Identify the Oldest Material on Earth in a Meteorite, Stunned to Find It Predates the Sun
Scientists analyzed stardust from a meteorite that fell to Earth 50 years ago which revealed the 5 to 7 billion-year-old stardust to be the oldest solid material on Earth. This dust was made of ...
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Meteorite discovery changes what we know about Earth’s missing elements
For years, scientists have been puzzled about why Earth and Mars have fewer important elements like copper and zinc compared ...
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A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door
The source of the splotch was officially registered on Monday as the Charlottetown meteorite, named after the city on Prince Edward Island, in eastern Canada, where it landed. Only 69 meteorites ...
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All RNA and DNA Base Types Are Found in Meteorites, Study Claims
All five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA have now been detected in meteorite samples, according to a study published yesterday (April 26) in Nature Communications. The work used recently ...
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This Is Where ‘Shooting Stars’ Really Come From — Scientists
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Where do shooting stars come from? It’s long been known that meteors ...