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An artist's impression of the collision between early Earth and Theia. Because Theia formed in the inner part of the solar system, the Sun can be seen in the background. Credit: © MPS / Mark A. Garlick

Moon rocks reveal new clues about Theia – the planet that disappeared in the collision that formed the moon

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Precise analysis of iron isotopes in rocks from Earth and the Moon reveals that Thea – the body whose impact created the Moon – was likely born in the inner part of the solar system, even closer to the Sun.
A small asteroid almost hit Earth over Antarctica, as it passed within the altitude range of the International Space Station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

So close! A small asteroid passed 428 km above Antarctica

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A space rock 1–3 meters in diameter passed at an altitude similar to the ISS orbit; it was discovered hours after the pass, and observations from the Las Cumbres Observatory allowed for a precise trajectory determination
NASA's Perseverance spacecraft captured this selfie, made up of 62 individual images, on July 23, 2024. A rock called Chiave Falls—where features have been found that may indicate whether Mars was once home to microscopic life—is visible to the left of the spacecraft, near the center of the image. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Signs of life on Mars? Geologists warn: It may be non-biological processes

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Case Western Reserve University researchers are cooling the enthusiasm for the Mars Perseverance rover's discoveries, emphasizing that the spotted rocks found may have been formed by geological processes – not by microorganisms.
Scanning electron microscope photograph of a micrometeorite impact crater with a particle of material from the asteroid Bennu.

The asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials that testify to its origin and the changes that have occurred over billions of years.

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Three papers by a team of researchers who analyzed samples from OSIRIS-REx, led by the University of Arizona, reveal unprecedented details about the composition and history of asteroid Bennu
Round chondrules seen in a thin section of the Allende meteorite under microscopic observation. Credit: Akira Miyake, Kyoto University.

Scientists date Jupiter's origin using ancient 'raindrops' of molten rock

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Researchers have developed computer simulations of Jupiter's growth and tracked how its gravity caused rapid collisions between rocky and water-rich planetesimals in the early solar system.
A carbonaceous meteorite is about to crash into Earth. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Scientists may have solved a space rock mystery that could change our understanding of the beginnings of life

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An international study has found that carbon-rich meteorites are rare on Earth because they break up in space or burn up in the atmosphere, which could change our understanding of the origin of life.
In the Bolides. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Supersonic booms in the sky: How scientists are using bolides to improve planetary defense

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Researchers show that bolides – meteoroids that explode in the atmosphere – create sound waves that can be analyzed for warning purposes about space debris and other astronomical threats
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The explosive secret that hides the violent past of carbonaceous meteorites

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A poster depicting all the compounds discovered in the OSIRIS-REx sample. Credit: NASA

Nitrogen-containing organic compounds that support life were discovered in abundance on the asteroid

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Over 100 meteors were recorded in this composite image taken during the peak of the Geminid meteor shower in 2014. Credit: NASA/MSFC/Danielle Moser, NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office.

The Geminids: The fastest and brightest meteors of the year reach their peak tonight, worth watching despite the moon

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A graphic illustration of the S2 meteorite impact and its immediate effects. Credit: Nadia Drabon

The asteroid the size of four Everests that changed the course of life on Earth

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It turns out that these giant meteorites actually had a positive effect on life compared to the later extinction-causing meteorites
El Médano 128 meteorite, a regular chondrite (L group), was found in the Atacama Desert in 2011 by a team of researchers from the Research and Teaching Center for Environmental Geosciences (CEREGE - University of Aix-Marseille/CNRS/INRAE/IRD). Credit: © Jérôme Gatakzka, CNRS, CEREGE

70% of the meteorites that landed on Earth came from a small number of collisions in the asteroid belt

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A new study reveals that most of the meteorites on Earth were formed as a result of collisions that occurred in the asteroid belt in the last tens of millions of years. The discovery provides new insights into the origins of meteorites and the possible threat to Earth
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was a carbonaceous asteroid

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This asteroid, which led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, came from a C-type asteroid that originated beyond Jupiter, thus ruling out other hypotheses such as volcanic activity or comets
The preplanetary disk around the young star HL Tauri. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NSF

Target board or donut? Iron meteorites reveal the early form of our solar system

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The formation of our solar system involved the accretion of gas and dust into a preplanetary disk, with meteorites providing important insights into its early composition.
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Channels deep in the ground could be the key to habitability on Mars

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The Bio-SPHERE project investigates potential living and working conditions on the Moon and Mars
Trees felled by the Tunguska asteroid strike in 1908 as photographed by a Russian expedition in 1929. From Wikipedia

Astronomers will search the tauroid swarm for bodies the size of the asteroid that crashed into Tongska

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Illustration of the meteorite impact that caused the unique double crater in Sweden. Credit: Don Dixon/Erik Sturkell/University of Gothenburg

For the first time, a double impact crater was found on Earth

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Chemical analysis of the meteorite fragment that crashed into Shatter Mill may indicate that rocks in space contained the molecules required for the development of life. Photo: Prof. Sandra Fitzgerald, Arizona State University

Life started out easy, because the organic compounds that came from space were more complex than we thought until now

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Beads found in Egypt, made from a meteorite rich in iron. Photo: The Open University of Great Britain

The accessories of ancient Egypt - meteorites

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Simulation of a meteorite impact on the lunar surface, March 17, 2013. Image: NASA

NASA: A bright explosion on the moon was caused by a meteor impact weighing 30-40 kg

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The hole that opened in the ice cover of Charbakol Lake from the fall of the meteorite. Photo: Mayor of Cherbakol

Scientists in Russia: we discovered the remains of the meteorite that fell in Russia * contains 10% iron

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Another angle of view of the meteor that hit Russia on Friday, 15/2/2013, from a YouTube video

"The meteorite explosion in Russia was 30 times more powerful than the bomb on Hiroshima"

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A screenshot from a video circulating on YouTube that is supposed to depict the crater created by the meteorite that hit Russia on February 15, 2013

This is not the Russian meteorite crater

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Passage of asteroid 2012 AD14 over Israel as photographed from the Givatayim Observatory. The person responsible for the observation and operation of the telescope is Shai Chalazi. Screenshot of the software: Michal Levinstein

Asteroid 2012 DA14 passed by and gave us an astronomical experience; NASA says there was no connection between it and the incident in Russia; the UN is examining measures to prevent danger from near-Earth objects

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meteorites. Photo: Eric James NASA

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An artificially colored image of one of the meteors in the Geminid shower in 2011. Photo: NASA

Tonight - the peak of the Geminid shower

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Artist's impression of early Mars bombarded by an asteroid larger than Texas. The scientists believe that the impact caused the Martian crust to melt in the northern hemisphere, sending fragments into space and sending shock waves through the planet's molten core. This explains why the Martian crust is thinner in the northern hemisphere. Photo: Jeff Anders-Hannah and Francis Nimmo.

A meteorite from Mars landed in Morocco

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Quasi-crystal from the Koryak Mountains in Russia. Photo: Paul Steinhart, Princeton University

Impossible quasi-crystals came from space

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Ernst Friedrich Chaldani

Head-to-head with Newton: on Ernst Chaldani and the meteorites

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The impact crater in southern Egypt, from Google Earth

A perfect impact crater was discovered in the desert in Egypt

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New glaciers on Mars - this time in low latitudes

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A bright and slow meteor passed in the sky this evening

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Is the source of life in space?

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A large meteorite crashed on the pro-Bolivian border

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

99th anniversary of the Tunguska event

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When a meteorite hits Mars at a low angle

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Sand-covered underwater crater off UK coast may be large asteroid impact crater

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A meteorite hit northern Iran. There were no injuries and minor damage was caused to the property

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Last month was filled with unique celestial events - a meteorite in India and a fireball in the US sky

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Last Friday the confirmation came: the first meteorite was discovered in Israel

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A 4.5 billion year old meteorite containing organic materials was discovered in Canada

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