All Meteorite articles
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ResearchOptions 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
