Water occupies 70 percent of the earth’s surface and is crucial to life as we know it, but how it got here has been a long scientific debate. The puzzle was solved a step closer Thursday after a French team reported in the magazine Science they had identified which space …
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A Costa Rican meteorite could contain answers to the biggest questions about how life on planet earth began. Scientists at the Central American School of Geology examine parts of a 2019 meteorite that affected Aguas Zarcas, a village in the tropical rainforest of Costa Rica, described as “more valuable than …
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In the early days of the Solar System, baby Earth may have taken much less time to form than we previously thought. According to an analysis conducted in February 2020, there is evidence that most of the Earth took only 5 million years to come together, several times longer than …
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Halley’s Comet meteorites hit Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 148,000 mph, (238,000kph) burning in flashes of light that can be seen with the naked eye. Orionid meteorites are known for their speed and brightness, so if you persevere, there is a good chance that you will see several bright …
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