Meteorites

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Just when we thought we found the oldest stuff on Earth, there’s... weirder stuff
Elizabeth Rayne
Feb 4, 2020
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The oldest stuff on Earth is 7-billion-year-old stardust that smells like rotten peanut butter
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stellar debris in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Sweet! Sugars found in meteorites for the first time
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Artwork depicting meteors falling on the early Earth. Did they carry the building blocks for life on them? Many certainly did. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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LISA Pathfinder got whacked by dozens of hypervelocity 'comet crumbs'
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A somewhat fanciful depiction (there would be no trail in the vacuum of space) of a micrometeorite hitting the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft. Credit: NASA
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A meteorite older than Earth shows evidence of ancient volcanism on a long-gone protoplanet
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Sep 5, 2019
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A close-up of NWA 11119 shows the lovely green crystals of pyroxene. Credit: UNM Institute of Meteoritics
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The asteroid Ryugu is a weird, fragile thing
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Can you really find micrometeorites in your gutter? Well…
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May 16, 2019
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Cross-sections of various micrometeorites show different grain and mineral structures. Credit: Wikipedia / S. Taylor / Shaw Street
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Ice blue meteorite crystals show evidence of an active young Sun
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Aug 8, 2018
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hiboHibonite crystals formed very early in the solar system's history and bear evidence of an active young Sun. Credit: Field Museum, University of Chicago, NASA, ESA, and E. Feild (STScl).nite
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Cosmic sleuthing: An origin story for a really weird meteorite
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Mar 26, 2018
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When examining the manufactured quasicrystal using a technique called X-Ray Diffraction, the fivefold symmetry becomes apparent. Inset: The fragment examined is attached to a thin length of carbon fiber. Credit: Asimow et al.
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King Tut's jewelry and other ancient artifacts came from meteorites
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