In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...
Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...
A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...
Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...
Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...
Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...
NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...
Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from ...
Jenniskens and Devillepoix find that low iron (L chondrite) and very low iron (LL chondrite) meteorites come to us primarily from the inner main belt. Scientists have long linked the LL chondrites to ...