Space science
Plan to 'catch' meteorites with giant magnets
USA- Astronomers are planning to collect a meteorite from another star system that crashed into the Pacific Ocean with an energy equivalent to 110 tons of TNT.
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Meteor causes 'unrepairable' dent in James Webb glasses
An unexpectedly large meteorite crashed into the James Webb space telescope in late May, leaving a dent in the gilded mirror.
Space science
430 km long field filled with meteorites
Asteroid more than 200 tons crashed to Earth with a special flight path, creating a series of meteorite fragments scattered in a large area.
Space science
Spherical, prismatic 'foreign object' exposed in meteorite that fell to Russia
German scientists have found bizarre carbon microcrystals in the famous Chelyabinsk meteorite that crashed into Russia in 2013.
Space science
The alien object that fell on France could turn the world's history upside down
A famous alien object could disrupt current planetary formation theories, rewriting Earth's early history.
Space science
Japan detects more than 20 types of amino acids in material samples from asteroids
On June 6, Japanese officials announced that scientists in this country had detected more than 20 types of amino acids in samples of materials caused by chemicals.
Space science
Giant blue fireball fell from space to England
The UK Meteor Network (UKMON) has just released a startling image of a blue fireball flying across the sky that their 15 cameras have captured together. It has also just…
Alien
The composition of DNA and RNA has appeared on the meteorite, confirming life from beyond Earth
The team argues that nucleobases on meteorites 'contributed to the formation of genetic characteristics of early life forms on Earth'.
Discover science
Did life on Earth originate from outer space?
crashed into the US, Canada and Australia, thereby supporting the hypothesis that similar objects in space may have reached Earth very early.
History
Life on Earth may have been 'sent' from space
Scientists claim the key 'genetic letters' of life on Earth can be found in space rocks.
Space science
Scientists urge people to find 0.5kg of meteorite that fell in the UK
The meteorite that hit Earth last week could break into four pieces, about the size of an egg and be glossy black or brown.
Space science
The US Space Command announced a secret kept secret for 3 years: The object has terrible speed!
The US Space Command, after 3 years of review, announced the existence of an object with a speed of 58,333 meters per second!
Space science
The first interstellar object to explode on Earth
A fireball that ignited over Papua New Guinea in 2014 was a fast-flying object from another star system, according to a recent announcement by the US Space Command (USSC…
Biology
Why did cockroaches survive when a meteor wiped out the dinosaurs?
Thanks to their special body structure and diverse food, cockroaches have survived many disasters and harsh conditions that have brought other creatures to extinction.
Science Events
Rare meteorite flies through the sky of Canada
Many people had the opportunity to observe and record a meteor that could be the size of a basketball that lit up the Canadian sky on March 24.