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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Meteorites From the Earliest Planets Reveal How Earth Lost Certain Elements
Learn about the new perspective on Earth's reduction of moderately volatile elements, a discovery made possible by meteorites ...
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Pieces of Kaali meteorite being carried away due to insufficient protection
Due to a legal loophole, meteorites should, by default, belong to the finder. However, several archaeologists consider the ...
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Water arrived on Earth gradually over time, not in one big event
Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.
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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 ...
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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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 ...
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.
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Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner
Since the chemical composition of the Earth rocks they studied matches that of the presumed inner solar system (NC) meteorites, the scientists concluded that the Earth had not received as much ...