Asteroid (162173) Ryugu is a pristine carbonaceous asteroid recently sampled by JAXA during the Hayabusa2 mission. Chemical, isotopic, and contextual measurements suggest that Ryugu is genetically linked to Ivuna-type (CI) […]
One of the major classes of meteorites is the carbonaceous chondrites, volatile-rich primitive meteorites thought to have formed in the outer solar system. The components of carbonaceous chondrites — such as […]
On February 28, the cameras of the United Kingdom (UK) Meteor Observation Network, as well as many doorbell webcams, captured a bright fireball streaking over northern France and the southern […]
The Flensburg meteorite fell to Earth on September 12, 2019, in an event observed by hundreds of eyewitnesses from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. One day […]