You’re probably familiar with how the solar system looks today. There are eight officially recognized planets located more or less on the same plane, orbiting the sun. But have you ever given a thought to what it looked like billions of years ago? Things were very different back then. We used to think the early […]
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Iconic British meteorite ‘Winchcombe’ found to have a smashing past
The Winchcombe meteorite, which fell to the ground in Gloucestershire in the U.K. after blazing a trail through the night sky on Feb. 28, 2021, came from an asteroid that had been heavily altered by water as well as smashed apart and reformed multiple times. That’s the conclusion of a detailed analysis of the meteorite, […]
Stardust particle locked in meteorite holds secrets of a star’s explosive death
Scientists have discovered a rare stardust particle that came from the explosive supernova death of a distant star. This speck, it seems, is locked within an ancient meteorite. The grain of dust, though small, can help tell a story of stellar life, death and rebirth that spans almost the entire 13.8 billion-year history of the […]
Bulova adds limited edition meteorite dial to Apollo 15-inspired Lunar Pilot watch
How do you enhance the connection that a watch shares with outer space beyond just evoking its history of having been flown to the moon? You replicate the look of the original, but replace its dial with a space rock. Bulova is celebrating its long history with NASA and the U.S. space program by releasing […]
Earth’s water might have come from ancient space rocks, meteorite discovery suggests
Earth and the rest of our solar system’s inner, rocky planets are the products of a myriad of tiny planetesimals — glorified pebbles of primordial cosmic dust — assembling themselves together more than 4 billion years ago. Now, a new analysis suggests that those planetesimals already contained water. Researchers tested samples from meteorites that they […]
The moon once had way more water than we ever imagined, lunar meteorite reveals
New research has revealed that the surface of the moon was rich with water around 4 billion years ago. The research could be an important step towards better understanding the evolution of the moon and could also help inform future moon missions, including NASA’s Artemis 3, which aims to return humans to the lunar surface […]