Earth is the only body in our solar system with an extensive silica-rich (andesitic or granitic) crust, which is attributed to multi-stage igneous processing linked to plate tectonics. In contrast, […]
Primitive astromaterials (i.e., primitive meteorites, interplanetary dust particles, and micrometeorites) preserve the only surviving samples of the fundamental building blocks of our solar system, thus providing a unique window into […]
Meteoroids are small bodies of extraterrestrial materials that enter Earth’s atmosphere, creating streaks of light known as meteors. If they survive passage through the atmosphere and land on Earth, they […]
A little after 8:00 a.m. CDT on April 27, eyewitnesses across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas were surprised by a bright meteor. This event occurred just east of Natchez, Mississippi, featuring […]
Plagioclase feldspars form the most abundant group of minerals in Earth’s crust and are ubiquitously present on extraterrestrial bodies such as Mars, the Moon, and asteroids. Due to its unique […]
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 […]
Eyewitnessed meteorite falls always evoke excitement in the planetary science community because, if immediately collected, fresh falls are relatively uncontaminated by the terrestrial environment. On July 22, 2019, a meteor […]
A team of researchers led by O. Unsalan at Ege University in Turkey have uncovered historical records from the Ottoman Empire detailing the earliest reliable evidence of a meteorite killing […]
Lonar Lake is located in the Buldhana District of Maharashtra, India. Though small, (the Great Salt Lake covers approximately 760 times more surface area!), it first attracted scientists because of […]
Planetary geologists studying samples returned during the Apollo missions have identified the first terrestrial meteorite, a piece of Earth ejected by an impact. A team of researchers led by Jeremy […]
A devastating fire blazed through the National Museum of Brazil on September 2. Many, if not most, of the 20 million artifacts in the museum’s collections have been destroyed. One […]
35th International Geological Congress PLANETARY SCIENCES AND METEORITE IMPACTS SESSION August 27 – September 4, 2016 Capetown, South Africa With the recent increase in the exploration of the planets and solar […]
AGU Fall Meeting December 15-19, 2014 San Francisco, CA Abstract submission deadline: August 6, 2014 Northwest Africa 7034 (and pairings) is the first martian meteorite with chemical compositions matching the […]
A team of scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has found evidence of past water movement throughout a Martian meteorite, […]
Examination of the Martian atmosphere by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover confirms that some meteorites that have dropped to Earth really are from the Red Planet. A key new measurement of […]
Atmospheric physicist Nick Gorkavyi missed witnessing an event of the century last winter when a meteor exploded over his hometown of Chelyabinsk, Russia. From Greenbelt, Md., however, NASA’s Gorkavyi and […]
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