(Phys.org) —A new study from Western explores the possibility that Earth's earliest life forms may have been cultivated by a meteorite impact event.
Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2014
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A WA geologist analyzing lunar rock samples collected during the Apollo missions has uncovered evidence of a huge meteorite strike 4.2 billion years ago.
Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2014
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About 65 million years ago, an asteroid or comet crashed into a shallow sea near what is now the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The resulting firestorm and global dust cloud caused the extinction of many land plants and large ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2013
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This image from Japan's ALOS satellite shows the Aorounga Crater in northern Chad.
Space Exploration
Nov 29, 2013
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The world's largest and oldest meteorite impact structure has been discovered through research on the formation of gold deposits in WA's Eastern Goldfields.
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2013
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New research shows that organic molecules, on which life is based, can survive the impact from a meteorite.
Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2013
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The meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February 2013 was "a wake-up call," according to a University of California, Davis scientist who participated in analyzing the event. The work is published November 7, ...
Space Exploration
Nov 6, 2013
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A huge asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may not have been the only cosmic event to cause mass extinctions or change Earth's climate. Tiny minerals leftover from many smaller meteorites could provide the geological evidence ...
Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2013
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Two Washington State University researchers say environmental restrictions have become unnecessarily restrictive and expensive—on Mars.
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2013
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During its two years in orbit around Mercury—as well as several more years performing flybys—the MESSENGER spacecraft has taken over 150,000 images of the innermost planet, giving us a look at its incredibly rugged, Sun-scoured ...
Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2013
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