Meteorite Miracle: After a 2-Million-Year Journey, This “Mudball” Lit Up the Sky Over Costa Rica
A mysterious "mudball" meteorite exploded in the skies above Costa Rica in 2019, scattering rare, water-rich rocks across the ...
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"Mudball meteorite" spent 2 million years avoiding collision – until Earth
One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists another big surprise, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas ...
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4.45 billion-year-old mineral reveals hot water activity on Mars
Around 20 meteorites found on Earth are believed to have been ejected from Mars during the impact that sent the original Black Beauty stone here. A tiny zircon grain within the meteorite ...
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Diamonds in the Sky
Subsequent x-rays showed that the stone was riddled with microscopic ... grains of meteoritic black graphite) within the hurtling meteorite itself transformed instantly into diamond during the ...