Researchers trace 70% of meteorites to 3 families of asteroids
An international team led by three researchers from the CNRS, the European Southern Observatory (ESO, Europe) and Charles University (Czech ...
Tag: Meteorites
How did the building blocks of life arrive on Earth? Zinc fingerprints in meteorites offer clues
Researchers used chemical fingerprints of zinc in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth. The results suggest ...
Earth may have had all the elements necessary for life, contrary to theories that they came from meteorites.
For many years, scientists have predicted that many elements essential to life, such as sulfur and nitrogen, arrived on Earth ...
Meteorites are likely a source of nitrogen for early Earth, study of samples from Ryugu finds
Micrometeorites from icy celestial bodies in the outer solar system may be responsible for transporting nitrogen to the near-Earth region ...
