While 2018 LA’s contents are remarkable, it’s not the first meteorite found to contain potential ingredients for life. The famous Murchison meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 contained over 80 ...

While 2018 LA’s contents are remarkable, it’s not the first meteorite found to contain potential ingredients for life. The famous Murchison meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 contained over 80 ...

"We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the surrounding highly shocked rock material into space." What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other?

Meteor showers, or shooting stars, are caused when pieces of debris, known as meteorites, enter Earth’s atmosphere at speeds of around 43 miles per second, burning up and causing streaks of light.

See its final resting place here. Residents in the Queensland’s southwest couldn’t believe their eyes when the sky lit up on Monday night, as a meteorite fell towards Earth. Many in the ...

In carbon-containing meteorites, impacts create extremely hot carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases (yellow). Kurosawa says: “We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The Kobe University ...

A collision in Murchison Street yesterday morning (April 23) ended with one of the drivers being arrested for drug possession. The crash involved a minibus taxi and a double-cab bakkie.

A strange absence of shock damage in carbon meteorites has puzzled scientists — until now. New research shows explosive gases from impacts erase the evidence, not the violence. Credit: ...

Theories include it smashing onto the Red Planet's surface as a meteorite, or being carried from elsewhere on Mars. Skull Hill’s dark colour is reminiscent of a type of space rock – an iron ...