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The 21 shocked and unshocked zircon crystals dated in this study were separated from this ~30 cubic centimeters of unconsolidated late Eocene sediment obtained from Ocean Drilling Project site 1073, hole A. Credit: Biren/ASU

Researchers study largest impact crater in the US, buried for 35 million years

Geology Page - August 14, 2019

An example of a Pallasite meteorite (from the Esquel fall) on display in the Vale Inco Limited Gallery of Minerals at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Meteorite strikes made life on Earth possible

Researchers searching for fossils kept finding tiny glassy spheres inside ancient clams. After more than a decade, testing suggests they are evidence of one or more undocumented meteorite impacts in Florida’s distant past. Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace

Cosmic pearls: Fossil clams in Florida contain evidence of ancient meteorite

laminar beds of sandstone

Site of biggest ever meteorite collision in the UK discovered

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...

Geology Page - November 27, 2018

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

Geology Page - October 29, 2018

Oldest rock on Earth

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

Geology Page - August 17, 2018

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

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