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How To Tell If That Rock You Found Is Actually A Meteorite (And If You Can Keep It)

IFL Science 23 Apr 2025
Meteorites are fragments of rock from a meteoroid, asteroid, or even a comet that passes through a planet’s atmosphere, ending up on the surface. . There are three main types of meteorites; iron ...
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Scientists have found the origin of WATER on Earth - and say it didn't come ...

The Daily Mail 16 Apr 2025
Since this type of meteorite is such a good match for the building blocks of Earth, the researchers believe that there was no need for asteroids to deliver water to the planet since there was already enough hydrogen here.
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Scientists May Finally Have Answered Why The Most Important Meteorites Are So Rare

IFL Science 14 Apr 2025
The type of meteorites that could have been crucial to the origins of life are very rare, but the asteroids they come from are common ... Meanwhile other asteroid types could stand the heat of the same locations much better.
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Dinosaurs Might Still Be Alive if Asteroid Had Missed, Study Finds

Colombia One 10 Apr 2025
The team focused on four major types of dinosaurs ... Although fossil records from the last six million years before the asteroid show fewer types of dinosaurs, scientists say they found no major environmental changes to explain why.
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Asteroid That Threatened Earth Shaped Like a Saucer, Scientists Find With Large Telescope

Futurism 10 Apr 2025
"This find was rather unexpected since most asteroids ... Digging deeper, the astronomers studied the asteroid's lightcurves, finding that 2024 YR4 is what's known as an S-type asteroid rich in silicates.
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