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Planetary Sciences Mar 26, 2023

Two meteorites are providing a detailed look into outer space

If you've ever seen a shooting star, you might have actually seen a meteor on its way to Earth. Those that land here are called meteorites and can be used to peek back in time, into the far corners of outer space or at the ...

Astrobiology Mar 25, 2023

New asteroid sample study offers further hints of space origin for the building blocks of life on Earth

How did life come about? The answer to this question goes to the very heart of our existence on planet Earth.

Planetary Sciences Mar 25, 2023

RNA base in asteroid samples suggests origins of life on Earth: Study

The black particles from an asteroid some 300 million kilometers away look unremarkable, like pieces of charcoal, but they hold a component of life itself.

Space Exploration Mar 24, 2023

NASA prepares for historic asteroid sample delivery on Sept. 24

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, OSIRIS-REx will become ...

Space Exploration Mar 22, 2023

Measuring the cohesive force of meteorite fragments to identify the mobility of asteroids

The cohesive force of asteroid particles influence microgravity and can be evaluated under several assumptions of particle size and their sensitivity to particle shape. Approximately hundreds of kilograms of material fall ...

Astrobiology Mar 21, 2023

RNA molecule uracil found in asteroid Ryugu samples

Researchers have analyzed samples of the asteroid Ryugu collected by the Japanese Space Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft and found uracil, one of the informational units that make up RNA, the molecules that contain the instructions ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 15, 2023

Where did Earth's water come from? Not melted meteorites, according to scientists

Water makes up 71% of Earth's surface, but no one knows how or when such massive quantities of water arrived on Earth.

Planetary Sciences Mar 13, 2023

A brief history of the UK's Winchcombe meteorite

On February 28, 2021, for the first time in 30 years, a meteorite fell in the U.K. and was later recovered by scientists. Today, there's an international effort to study this space rock and learn more about its place in the ...

Space Exploration Mar 8, 2023

NASA gathering tools that can assess damage, verify parts made in space

An ensemble of microscopes, medical-style equipment, and other 3D scanners is providing insights that could help human and robotic explorers survive the harsh environments of deep space, the moon, Mars and beyond.

Social Sciences Feb 27, 2023

Ghana needs more astronomers, astrophysicists, aerospace engineers and astronauts—how to develop them?

Perhaps when you think of scientific research in Africa you think of the continent's amazing natural resources, buried out of sight under soil or rocks. Or maybe your mind goes to its ancient history of human evolution.

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