This Opal-Studded Meteorite Offers Clues About the Origins of Life on Earth
The discovery adds further fuel for the theory that water found its way to Earth on the backs of asteroids.
The discovery adds further fuel for the theory that water found its way to Earth on the backs of asteroids.
The 4.5-billion-year-old hunk of meteor was found just in the nick of time, nearly being lost to rains.
The expedition involves the Imperial College London and University of Texas as will explore the crater's "peak ring".
Sounds like something you'd read about in a science-fiction book but it's true, and it managed to crash into the Earth in 2008.
It sounds weird, but the most abundant mineral on Earth finally got a name last week, thanks to a century-old meteorite.
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