In the article, “A Low-Temperature Transfer of ALH84001 from Mars to Earth,” the scientists do not claim that microbial life actually traveled from Mars to Earth aboard the meteorite, but they ...

Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger prints in their surface called “regmaglypts.” Fusion crust: stony ...

The oldest known Martian meteorites, which date to roughly 4.4 billion years ago, therefore present an “amazing chance to study the magnetic field,” says Vervelidou, of MIT and the Institute ...

Researchers are asking meteorite hunters to refrain from using magnets to test the authenticity of their finds because this can destroy the specimen's magnetic memory, erasing valuable information ...

Meteorite hunters flocked to Georgia last week after a meteor disintegrated over the US state, but not everyone is in it for ...

Meteorites are identified by their high metal content, particularly iron-nickel alloys, and their fusion crust, a thin, glassy coating formed as the meteorite's outer surface melts while passing ...

Meteorite hunting is a big business, ... This led the team to develop a mathematical model based that could help determine whether or not a small hand magnet had been used to re-magnetize a meteorite.

It only took Ed Albin a few steps to spot it as he wandered onto an empty construction site Sunday in Henry County about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta.

DIY SCI - MAGNETIC METEORITES. Posted: July 31, 2024 | Last updated: August 26, 2024. DIY SCI host Steve Spangler demonstrates how you can check your rain gutters for micro meteorites!

Scientists say some iron meteorites bear the remnants of an internally-generated magnetic field — which shouldn’t be possible. Although iron meteorites are thought to represent the metallic cores of ...

MOST of the secondary or chondritic meteorites are composed of irregular grains of silicate, sulphide, phosphide, oxide and metal phases. They are generally thought to be fragments of secondary ...