03 July 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News 3JUL09

How Earth Got its Oxygen

LiveScience.com - Michael Schirber -
... and comparing it to other carbonaceous-mineral associations known to be of non-biological origin, including minerals found in a Martian meteorite. ...

Uranium exists on the moon, according to new data from a Japanese spacecraft. ... moon, or even that Earth's satellite could serve as a mining source for uranium ...

Clues to origin of life revealed in Tagish Lake meteorite
CBC.ca -
New research into a meteorite that crashed into northern British Columbia nine years ago is revealing startling clues that could help unravel the origins of ...

Man on the Moon: 40 years of myth and legend

Scene -
We now know that the Moon is made of rocky material that has been variously melted, erupted through volcanoes, and crushed by meteorite impacts. ...


Comets Probably Seeded Earth's Nitrogen Atmosphere

Slashdot -
One favored theory is that our water is the leftovers from a bombardment of comets early in Earth's history. But the ratio of hydrogen and deuterium in the ...

Study: Tunguska explosion caused by comet

Times of the Internet -
But Cornell University researchers say findings from their study indicated the explosion was nearly certainly caused by a comet entering the Earth's ...


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