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Earth is continuously bombarded by meteorites, with many burning up in our atmosphere before reaching the surface. Significant impacts can occur, leading to potential consequences for life on our planet. It has established with research that the majority of meteorites that land on Earth originate from the asteroid belt, a region located between Mars and […]
This image shows transmitted polarized light from an ordinary H type chondrite, called San Juan 029, found in the Atacama Desert in 2008. The image is 3 millimeters wide.Jérôme Gattacceca / CNRS / CEREGE At last, we know where most meteorites come from. Two studies published in Nature have traced 70% of meteorite falls to […]
An impact crater on Mars, with darker material exposed beneath the reddish dust NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Six Martian meteorites have been traced back to the craters they were ejected from on Mars millions of years ago. Finding the original sources of these alien rocks will allow us to place them in context, yielding insights about […]