#Meteorites

Joseph Shavit

May 17, 2022

Extraterrestrial stone brings first tangible evidence of a supernova to Earth

The stone named Hypatia from the Egyptian desert could be the first tangible evidence found on Earth of a supernova type Ia explosion.

Joseph Shavit

Apr 26, 2022

Could the blueprint for life have been generated in asteroids?

Using new analyses, scientists found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered in meteorites

Joseph Shavit

Mar 14, 2022

Where did meteorites that helped form the Earth come from?

Earth is believed to have formed partly from carbonaceous meteorites, which are thought to come from outer main-belt asteroids.