Harvard Professor Avi Loeb and student Amir Siraj have chartered a plan to fish out an interstellar meteorite from the seabed of the Pacific Ocean using a giant magnet. It may sound like a scene straight out of a wild sci-fi movie but the duo, under their $1.6 million Galileo Project are serious about the … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – What’s the difference between a meteor, meteoroid and meteorite? Encyclopedia Britannica outlines the differences clearly: A meteor, like the one seen over Utah on Saturday, is classified as “the streak of light” that you see in the sky when “a small piece of cometary or asteroidal material” enters the atmosphere … Read more
The meteorite believed to have come from beyond the solar system crashed into the ocean in 2014. A meteorite believed to have come from beyond the solar system crashed into the ocean in 2014 off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Scientists have now launched an expedition to the depths of the ocean to search … Read more
The interstellar meteor, named CNEOS 2014-01-08, was detected off the coast of Papua New Guinea in January 2014. A meteor from outside our solar system crashed into the Earth back in January 2014 off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The interstellar meteor, known as CNEOS 2014-01-08 is believed to be the first known interstellar … Read more
Researchers have discovered never-before-seen types of crystal hidden in tiny grains of perfectly preserved meteorite dust. The dust was left behind by a massive space rock that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, nine years ago. On 15 Feb 2013, an asteroid measuring 59 feet (18 meters) across and weighing 12,125 tons (11,000 metric tons) entered Earth’s … Read more
The analysis hopes to unlock the secrets behind the formation of our solar system Rigaku, a leading manufacturer of X-ray analysis and inspection equipment, has determined the composition of the asteroid Ryugu, providing valuable insights into unlocking secrets behind the formation of our solar system. The results of the WDXRF and thermal analysis studies were … Read more
NASA scientists along with researchers from Japan have found a crucial link between life on Earth and asteroids while studying the five components of DNA and RNA. Find out what the study has revealed. NASA: There has always been that one question in the corner of our mind, how did life begin on Earth? It … Read more
Starlight, starbright… residents along Lake Simcoe may have seen parts of a shooting star fall out of the sky Sunday night. Western University’s physics and astronomy department runs an all-sky camera network that monitors the sky for meteors. On Sunday, the camera observed a bright fireball across southern Ontario at 11:37 pm Researchers say the … Read more
