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Site of biggest ever meteorite collision in the UK discovered

Geology Page - June 10, 2019

The L6 ordinary chondrite El Médano 128, a 556 g meteorite recovered in the Atacama Desert. Photo courtesy CCJ-CNRS, P. Groscaux.

Oldest meteorite collection on Earth found in one of the driest places

Close-up of the meteorite fragment showing the fusion crust.

Detective mission to characterise and trace the history of a new African meteorite

66 million years ago a meteorite of a diameter 14 km wide struck the Earth with an enormous speed of 20.000 kilometers per hour drilling itself 20 km into the Earth's crust

The formation of large meteorite craters is unraveled

Oldest rock on Earth

Meteorite bombardment likely to have created the Earth’s oldest rocks

The oldest known zircon from Mars.

Meteorite ‘Black Beauty’ expands window for when life might have existed...

Geology Page - June 30, 2018

Meteorite sample

Meteorite diamonds tell of a lost planet

Geology Page - April 20, 2018

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Water appeared while Earth was still growing

Geology Page - April 9, 2018

A blue crystal recovered from a meteorite that fell near Morocco in 1998.

Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to Earth

Geology Page - January 10, 2018

Thin section view of meteoritic ejecta deposit si

60 Million Year Old Meteorite Strike in Scotland

Geology Page - December 14, 2017

This is a reflected light image of a metal-sulphide clast in the enstatite chondrite ALH 77295

Meteorite analysis shows reduced salt is key in Earth’s new recipe

Geology Page - December 6, 2017

Meteorites may have brought building blocks of life to Earth

Geology Page - October 3, 2017

Large meteorite impacts drove plate-tectonic processes on the early Earth

Geology Page - September 26, 2017

High-pressure experiments solve meteorite mystery

Geology Page - June 8, 2017

‘Tiny clocks’ crystallize understanding of meteorite crashes

Geology Page - May 27, 2017

Ancient meteorite impact sparked long-lived volcanic eruptions on Earth

Geology Page - May 3, 2017

A new mineral from the oldest solar system solids in meteorites

Geology Page - April 14, 2017

Mega Meteorite “Largest Space Rock Ever Found in State”

Geology Page - March 13, 2017

Earth is bombarded at random

Geology Page - March 8, 2017

Rare meteorites challenge our understanding of the solar system

Geology Page - January 24, 2017

World’s Largest Meteorite

Geology Page - January 8, 2017

Meteorites reveal lasting drought on Mars

Geology Page - November 11, 2016

Did Meteorites Bring Life’s Phosphorus to Earth?

Geology Page - October 30, 2016

Extraterrestrial impact preceded ancient global warming event

Geology Page - October 14, 2016

World’s second-largest meteorite discovered in Argentina

Geology Page - September 19, 2016

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