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Curiosity Rover stumbled upon the red planet on a meteorite made of Nickel.The Rover Curiosity found on the slope of mount sharp, a small metal meteorite. This is the official website of NASA. This meteorite was photographed on 28 October. The attention of scientists he attracted to its rounded shape …

Strikes on the lunar surface occur 100 times more often than previously thought. The researchers analyzed data that were obtained with the automatic interplanetary station Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and came to the conclusion that meteorites bombarding the moon much more often than thought before. Over the past seven years …

A team of international scientists found the remains of an ancient radiation of the meteorite on the East coast of the United States. Scientists believe that the “meteorite-killer” fell to the planet 56 million years ago. During this time, the repeated rains have washed away space object, causing the size …

Canadian scientists on the meteorite fragments found traces of extraterrestrial life, their discovery is very interested NASA employees. The meteorite was discovered in the glaciers of St. Thomas, which are located in Ontario. Peter brown, who heads the Center for the study of meteors, said that the fall of the …

In Argentina found a 30-ton meteorite.In Argentina, scientists have found a meteorite weighing more than 30 tons. According to experts, the celestial body had become the second largest of those meteorites that have been previously extracted from the earth. The largest – Goba — has been found in Namibia a …

The area where was found a meteorite, called “heavenly field”. In the province of Chaco, in Northern Argentina, near the town of Gancedo, scientists have discovered a meteorite weighing more than 30 tons. According to astronomers, this area about four thousand years ago was under attack by a powerful meteor …

Over Cyprus on the night of September 9, exploded meteorite with a mass of a few kilograms. According to him, residents of settlements in the area of the mountain chain of Troodos afraid of a bright fire in the sky, which was accompanied by loud claps. People noticed the light …

There were suspicions that the meteorite fell in the Chelyabinsk region could make the rebound from another celestial body.A study of the fallen celestial body does Viktor Sharygin, he said in an interview about what exactly this case has some differences compared to the other. Form melting very unusual, and …

Back in 2000 in the canadian province of British Columbia has landed a unique meteorite. Scientists believe that the cosmic body that passed a greater distance, was once part of the Kuiper belt (the asteroid belt, located near the orbit of Neptune). In 2000 in Canada was a meteorite, the …

Osterplana 65 fell to Earth 470 million years ago during the Ordovician and sank to the bottom of the ocean. 470 million years ago, somewhere in our Solar system there was a fierce battle between two asteroids. We know about it, because at that time the Earth has fallen meteor …