News tagged with meteorite debris

Russian satellite breaks up over perplexed Mexicans

A loud explosion and ball of fire that people in central Mexico reported seeing in the sky was actually a Russian satellite plunging back to earth, experts said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Geologists point to outer space as source of the Earth's mineral riches

According to a new study by geologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland, the wealth of some minerals that lie in the rock beneath the Earth's surface may be extraterrestrial in origin.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Extraterrestrial platinum was 'stirred' into the Earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research program aimed at using platinum as an exploration guide for nickel has for the first time been able to put a time scale on the planet’s large-scale convection processes.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Asteroid Impact Helps Trace Meteorite Origins

(PhysOrg.com) -- The car-sized asteroid that exploded above the Nubian Desert last October was small compared to the dinosaur-killing, civilization-ending objects that still orbit the sun. But that didn't ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0