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Meteorite bombardment may have made Earth more habitable
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Large bombardments of meteorites approximately four billion years ago could have helped to make the early Earth and Mars more habitable for life by modifying their atmospheres, suggests the ...
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Unusual meteorite found by time-lapse camera observatory
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual meteorite with an interesting orbit has been tracked to the ground using a photographic observatory that records time-lapse images of fireballs traveling across the sky.
Latvian experts say meteorite crater was hoax (Update)
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Oct 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revealed it was a hoax.
Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, find scientists
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The gases which formed the Earth's atmosphere - and probably its oceans - did not come from inside the Earth but from outer space, according to a study by University of Manchester and University ...
Britain’s biggest meteorite impact found
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Mar 26, 2008 |
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Evidence of the biggest meteorite ever to hit the British Isles has been found by scientists from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Oxford.
New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars
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Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1996, when scientists examined a meteorite from Mars previously uncovered in Antarctica, they were intrigued by what looked like microscopic fossils of ancient Martian life forms. Now, ...
Team Finds Oldest Known Asteroids
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Using visible and infrared data collected from telescopes on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, a team of scientists, led by the University of Maryland’s Jessica Sunshine, have identified three asteroids that appear to be ...
Meteorite from Sept. 25 fireball event recovered and presented
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Oct 16, 2009 |
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When Tony Garchinski heard a loud crash just after 9 p.m. on Friday, September 25 he didn't think much of it. That is, until he awoke the next morning to find the windshield of his mom's Nissan Pathfinder ...
Building blocks of life formed on Mars
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Dec 11, 2007 |
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Organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen and form the building blocks of all life on Earth. By analyzing organic material and minerals in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001, scientists at the Carnegie ...
New Viewing Technique Bolsters Case For Life On Mars
Feb 14, 2006 |
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New examinations of a Martian meteorite found nearly a century ago have strengthened the possibility that the red planet once harbored life.
Ancient rock star finds a home at the University of Alberta
Apr 25, 2006 |
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The University of Alberta is welcoming a very, very old rock star into its hallways. No, it's not Keith Richards. It is, perhaps, the most important rock on the face of the Earth.
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