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A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than ...
We've discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously ...
New Curtin University research has revealed that a massive meteorite struck northwestern Scotland about 200 million years ...
While much remains unknown, it is intriguing that two ancient meteorite impacts, the 3.5-billion-year-old North Pole impact ...
However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" ...
Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.
For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...
Scientists have long been baffled by carbon-rich meteorites that show little evidence of violent space collisions. But new ...
The Moon’s surface is covered by impact craters, ranging from microscopic pits to massive basins over 1,000 kilometres across ...
Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The discovery not only ...
Scientists have long wondered why carbon-rich meteorites appear less affected by violent impacts than those lacking the stuff ...
Learn why carbon-containing meteorites appear to be less "shocked" than expected, missing the effects often seen in a ...