All Meteorite articles
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ResearchMars’ water came from outer space
Asteroids from the outer solar system would have delivered enough water to cover the red planet in a 300m-deep ocean
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All of life’s nucleic acids could have extraterrestrial origins
All five nucleobases of RNA and DNA found in three meteorites
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Chemical ecosystem of Murchison meteorite molecules revealed in snapshots
Atomic force microscopy proof of principle test shows technique is up to the challenge of chronicling chemical diversity in extra-terrestrial samples
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Ancient Mars meteorites’ organic chemistry cracked – and it’s not alien microbes
Study uncovers geochemical processes that formed organic compounds millions of years ago, at a time when the red planet still had liquid water
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Exploring the space economy
In the words of Jean-Luc Picard, ‘things are only impossible until they are not’
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Geochemists uncover evidence of massive Antarctic meteorite explosion 430,000 years ago
Airburst event spread material across most of Antarctica
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Lightning may have created essential building blocks for life on Earth
Reduced phosphorus material discovered in geological sample offers insight into life’s origins
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First definitive proof of water on the moon
Ice could be a resource for future lunar missions
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Options expanded for origin of Earth’s water
Enstatite chondrite meteroites contain enough hydrogen to have supplied three to five times the total mass of water in Earth’s oceans
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Superconductivity discovered in extra-terrestrial objects for the first time
Material in meteorites is likely to have formed under intense conditions
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Mystery of where early Earth’s life-fuelling phosphates came from may have been solved
Meteorites have been source of building blocks for primordial life
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Crystals reveal the site of the world’s oldest meteorite strike
Mineral chemistry suggests the massive impact 2.3 billion years ago could have made our entire planet much warmer
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Mineral never before seen in nature found inside Australian meteorite
Black-and-red rock that fell to Earth 68 years ago contains iron carbide compound
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Water found in asteroid dust collected by Japan's Hayabusa probe
Scientists calculate that half of the water on Earth could have been delivered by meteorites
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Meteorites' mechanical energy might have created building blocks of life
Did a cosmic impact kick-start amino acid formation?
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New type of metal–organic compound discovered in meteorites
Magnesium complex could offer new insights into formation of our solar system
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New type of meteorite found in Swedish quarry
Chemically distinct 470-million-year-old rock could be part of a long-gone asteroid
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Tutankhamun’s burial dagger is ‘extra-terrestrial’ in origin
Analysis of the iron in the 3000-year-old mummy’s dagger suggests it originally came from a meteorite
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Meteorite compounds hint at origins of life’s asymmetry
Excess of right handed sugar derivatives found on meteorites suggests homochirality may have come from space
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Evidence for curium in early solar system found
Analysis of ‘Curious Marie’ meteorite sample sheds new light on how the solar system was formed
