Man Becomes Overnight Millionaire After Meteorite Crashes Through His Roof
The space rock, which weighed around 2.1kg, turned out to be worth around US $1.85 million. An Indonesian coffin maker bec…
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Ancient Fragment of The Pacific Ocean Found Buried 400 Miles Below China
Illustration of a process where holes in the subducting Pacific plate would allow heat to escape, driving volcanic activity …
Zircon Minerals From Mars Reveal the Internal Structure of the Red Planet
Figure 1: The NWA 7533 zircon-rich meteorite containing fragments of the ancient crust of Mars. Credit: University of Copenh…
Meteorite That Crashed in Michigan Holds Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds
The meteorite fragment that fell on Strawberry Lake includes pristine organic compounds. A 12-million-year-old meteorite t…
Large Volcanic Eruption Caused the Largest Mass Extinction
The researchers found coronene-mercury enrichments in sedimentary rocks deposited in southern China and Italy 252 million ye…
"Sleeping" Volcanoes Can Wake Up Faster Than Thought
Most active volcanoes on Earth are dormant, meaning that they have not erupted for hundreds or even thousands of years, …
New Mineral Discovered in Lunar Meteorite: Donwilhelmsite
New Mineral Discovered in Lunar Meteorite: Donwilhelmsite. Credit: University of Manchester A high-pressure mineral found …
Antarctica Yields Oldest Fossils of Giant Birds With 21-foot Wingspans
A paleontologist cleans a fossilized bird cranium at Peru’s National History Museum in Lima, Friday, Photo: Martin Mejia, As…
