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Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite

Extra-terrestrial water has been found for the first time in a meteorite that has fallen in the UK. The Winchcombe meteorite, which crashed into a driveway in the Gloucestershire town last February, is also thought to hold clues about where the ...

19 Sept 2022 at 22:33

Winchcombe meteorite ‘holds clues as to how oceans and life originated on Earth’

A meteorite that fell in the UK last year holds key information about how oceans – and life – formed on Earth, scientists have said. An analysis of the space rock, which crashed onto a driveway in the Winchcombe area of Gloucestershire, has ...

16 Nov 2022 at 20:00

Earth’s water did not come from melted meteorites – study

Earth’s water did not come from melted meteorites as previous theories had suggested, researchers say. Water makes up 71% of Earth’s surface, but it is not yet known how or when such massive quantities of water arrived on the planet. But ...

15 Mar 2023 at 17:25

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REVEALED: How were the continents formed?

Scientists say they have found the strongest evidence yet that the continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts that happened during the first billion years of Earth’s four-and-a-half-billion-year history. Researchers say the idea ...

11 Aug 2022 at 23:33

Secrets of Winchcombe meteorite’s brutal space journey revealed in new analysis

A meteorite that landed in a sheep field in Gloucestershire three years ago was smashed apart and rebuilt over and over again as it endured a brutal journey through space, scientists have said. Latest analysis of the space rock named ...

16 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Life ‘may have thrived’ after giant meteorite hit Earth – research

Ancient life on Earth might have thrived after a meteorite four times the size of Mount Everest crashed into the planet, research suggests. Billions of years ago meteorites hit the planet frequently, and one such space rock crashed ...

21 Oct 2024 at 20:00

Scientists discover source of one of the rarest meteorites to fall on Earth

UK scientists believe they have identified the source of one of the rarest meteorites to ever fall on Earth. The Ivuna meteorite landed in Tanzania in December 1938 and was subsequently split into a number of samples – one of ...

20 Oct 2022 at 20:00

Scientists find more answers on 66 million-year-old meteorite wildfire mystery

The meteorite that wiped out Earth’s dinosaurs instantly ignited forest wildfires up to thousands of kilometres from its impact zone, scientists have discovered. The roughly six-mile-wide meteorite struck the Yucatan ...

07 Sept 2022 at 14:22

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Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite

19 Sept 2022 at 23:33

Study finds evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents

10 Aug 2022 at 17:00

Recent meteorite crashes on Mars ‘could reveal clues about planet’s origin’

Scientists are analysing the data from two large meteorite impacts on Mars, with aim of understanding more about how the red planet formed. The space rocks crashed into the Martian surface at different times ...

27 Oct 2022 at 20:00

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Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite

19 Sept 2022 at 22:33

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