In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published ...
"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.
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Where do meteorites of different types come from?
For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...
A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...
Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...
Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...
Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...
New connections discovered between the Sun's photosphere and CI chondrites meteorites, providing clues about the origin of materials.