Machine learning reveals meteoroid impacts may play a bigger role in triggering marsquakes
Meteoroid impacts create seismic waves that cause Mars to shake more strongly and deeply than previously thought. This is ...
Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner, meteorite analysis suggests
A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...
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Lunar rocks help scientists pinpoint when the moon crystallized
If the scientists could very precisely measure the proportions of lutetium and halfnium in moon rocks compared to other ...
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Meteorite From A 4.5 Billion Year Old Asteroid Holds 2,600 Compounds
Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
Mineral Makeup Hints At Site Of Missing Impact Crater
The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.
Bennu asteroid samples yield watery history, key molecules for life
When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...
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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
Unprecedented asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals crucial to life, scientists say
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life
Scientists have detected amino acids and complex mineral compounds in NASA's asteroid Bennu rocks, some never seen before in ...