Earth Meteorite

Around 3.26 billion years ago, a giant meteorite, 200 times larger than the one that killed the dinosaurs, struck Earth. This impact stirred up nutrients from the ocean floor, like phosphorus and iron, that may have given early microbes a much-needed boost. While the event was likely catastrophic for some life forms, it also created opportunities f...

This immense rock slammed into Earth, boiling the oceans and unleashing a record-breaking tsunami.

A recent study reveals that three asteroid families—the Karin, Koronis, and Massalia—are responsible for around 70% of the meteorites that land on Earth. These families, formed from past collisions in the main asteroid belt, have a higher number of fragments due to their relatively young age. The findings shed light on the origins of meteorites...

Scientists have proposed that Earth may once have had a ring system similar to Saturn’s, formed by an asteroid breakup 466 million years ago. This ring may have triggered global cooling, contributing to the Hirnantian Ice Age. Evidence includes impact craters near the equator and meteorite debris in sedimentary rocks.

NASA Earth Observatory's orbiting satellite has recorded a picture of a crater named Luna in Gujarat's Kutch region and revealed that recent geochemical analysis found that "it contains the characteristic signatures of a meteorite impact."

Two organic compounds essential for living organisms have been found in samples retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu, buttressing the notion that some ingredients crucial for the advent of life arrived on Earth aboard rocks from space billions of years ago. Scientists said on Tuesday they detected uracil and niacin in rocks obtained by the Japanese Sp...

The five meteorites recovered by the team will now be analysed at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences where scientists will study their chemical composition.

The El Ali meteorite was unearthed in Somalia in 2020 and has stunned the researchers with the presence of two unknown minerals.

Contrary to typical Earth rocks, the boulder, now known as the Maryborough meteorite, is so heavy because it is packed with extremely dense types of iron and nickel.

NASA's robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly 4 years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth's closest planetary neighbor based on data from 2 big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust's structure.

NASA on Monday successfully crashed into an asteroid in the world's first test of a planetary defense system, as the US space agency continues to work on technology to prevent potential meteorite collisions with Earth, that could threaten life on the planet. The DART spacecraft was launched by a SpaceX rocket in November 2021, and made most of its ...

Extra-terrestrial water has been found for the first time in a meteorite that landed in the United Kingdom last year.

A recent study has suggested that the Moon may have inherited some noble gases, such as neon and helium, deep from the Earth's mantle. The discovery was made by analysing lunar meteorites found in Antarctica. Upon analysing the glass particles, the team found chemical fingerprints or isotopic signatures of the solar gases in them.

Earth’s continents were formed by gigantic meteorite impacts that were prevalent during the first billion years of our planet's history. The new study has been a part of new Curtin research. The idea about the continents originally forming at sites of giant meteorite impacts had been around for decades. However, this study provides strong evidenc...

A meteorite believed to have come from beyond the solar system crashed into the ocean in 2014 off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Scientists have now launched an expedition to the depths of the ocean to search for the space rock.

Around 3.26 billion years ago, a giant meteorite, 200 times larger than the one that killed the dinosaurs, struck Earth. This impact stirred up nutrients from the ocean floor, like phosphorus and iron, that may have given early microbes a much-needed boost. While the event was likely catastrophic for some life forms, it also created opportunities f...

This immense rock slammed into Earth, boiling the oceans and unleashing a record-breaking tsunami.

A recent study reveals that three asteroid families—the Karin, Koronis, and Massalia—are responsible for around 70% of the meteorites that land on Earth. These families, formed from past collisions in the main asteroid belt, have a higher number of fragments due to their relatively young age. The findings shed light on the origins of meteorites...

Scientists have proposed that Earth may once have had a ring system similar to Saturn’s, formed by an asteroid breakup 466 million years ago. This ring may have triggered global cooling, contributing to the Hirnantian Ice Age. Evidence includes impact craters near the equator and meteorite debris in sedimentary rocks.

NASA Earth Observatory's orbiting satellite has recorded a picture of a crater named Luna in Gujarat's Kutch region and revealed that recent geochemical analysis found that "it contains the characteristic signatures of a meteorite impact."

Two organic compounds essential for living organisms have been found in samples retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu, buttressing the notion that some ingredients crucial for the advent of life arrived on Earth aboard rocks from space billions of years ago. Scientists said on Tuesday they detected uracil and niacin in rocks obtained by the Japanese Sp...

The five meteorites recovered by the team will now be analysed at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences where scientists will study their chemical composition.

The El Ali meteorite was unearthed in Somalia in 2020 and has stunned the researchers with the presence of two unknown minerals.

Contrary to typical Earth rocks, the boulder, now known as the Maryborough meteorite, is so heavy because it is packed with extremely dense types of iron and nickel.

NASA's robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly 4 years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth's closest planetary neighbor based on data from 2 big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust's structure.

NASA on Monday successfully crashed into an asteroid in the world's first test of a planetary defense system, as the US space agency continues to work on technology to prevent potential meteorite collisions with Earth, that could threaten life on the planet. The DART spacecraft was launched by a SpaceX rocket in November 2021, and made most of its ...

Extra-terrestrial water has been found for the first time in a meteorite that landed in the United Kingdom last year.

A recent study has suggested that the Moon may have inherited some noble gases, such as neon and helium, deep from the Earth's mantle. The discovery was made by analysing lunar meteorites found in Antarctica. Upon analysing the glass particles, the team found chemical fingerprints or isotopic signatures of the solar gases in them.

Earth’s continents were formed by gigantic meteorite impacts that were prevalent during the first billion years of our planet's history. The new study has been a part of new Curtin research. The idea about the continents originally forming at sites of giant meteorite impacts had been around for decades. However, this study provides strong evidenc...

A meteorite believed to have come from beyond the solar system crashed into the ocean in 2014 off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Scientists have now launched an expedition to the depths of the ocean to search for the space rock.