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Earth's Meteorite Impacts Over Past 500 Million Years Tracked

June 8, 2021 — For the first time, a unique study has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the ...

Did Heat from Impacts on Asteroids Provide the Ingredients for Life on Earth?

June 4, 2021 — A research group has demonstrated that the heat generated by the impact of a small astronomical body could enable aqueous alteration and organic ...

Understanding of Invisible but Mighty Particles in Earth's Radiation Belts

May 26, 2021 — Tiny charged electrons and protons which can damage satellites and alter the ozone have revealed some of their mysteries to ...

Solar Wind from the Center of the Earth

May 14, 2021 — High-precision noble gas analyses indicate that solar wind particles from our primordial Sun were encased in the Earth's core over 4.5 billion years ago. Researchers have concluded that the particles ...

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Like a Molten Pancake

July 7, 2021 — Why magma flowed along a curved pathway during the 2018 eruption of a Galapagos volcano is explained by a new ...

Rare 4,000-Year Comets Can Cause Meteor Showers on Earth

May 20, 2021 — Researchers report that they can detect showers from the debris in the path of comets that pass close to Earth orbit and return as infrequently as once every 4,000 ...

Asteroid That Hit Botswana in 2018 Likely Came from Vesta, Scientists Say

Apr. 26, 2021 — An international team of researchers searched for pieces of a small asteroid tracked in space and then observed to impact Botswana on June 2, ...

Carbon Dioxide-Rich Liquid Water in Ancient Meteorite

Apr. 21, 2021 — Scientists detect small pockets of carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in a meteorite dating from the early solar ...

Asteroid Crater on Earth Provides Clues About Martian Craters

Apr. 8, 2021 — The 15-million-year-old Nördlinger Ries is an asteroid impact crater filled with lake sediments. A research team has now discovered a volcanic ash layer in the crater. In addition, they show that ...

Ancient Meteoritic Impact Over Antarctica 430,000 Years Ago

Mar. 31, 2021 — A research team of international space scientists has found new evidence of a low-altitude meteoritic touchdown event reaching the Antarctic ice sheet 430,000 years ...

Architecture of Eolian Successions Under Icehouse and Greenhouse Conditions

Mar. 30, 2021 — Anthropogenic climate change is one of the foremost scientific and societal challenges. In part, our response to this global challenge requires an enhanced understanding of how the Earth's surface ...

Lightning Strikes Played a Vital Role in Life's Origins on Earth

Mar. 16, 2021 — Lightning strikes were just as important as meteorites in creating the perfect conditions for life to emerge on Earth, according to new research. This shows that life could develop on Earth-like ...

Polarization: From Better Sunglasses to a Better Way of Looking at Asteroid Surfaces

Mar. 11, 2021 — Using the same principles that make polarized sunglasses possible, a team of researchers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have developed a ...

The World's Oldest Crater from a Meteorite Isn't an Impact Crater After All

Mar. 11, 2021 — Several years after scientists discovered what was considered the oldest crater a meteorite made on the planet, another team found it's actually the result of normal geological ...