"Meteorites are often denser than Earth rocks, contain metal, and are magnetic. We can also look for things like a fusion crust that forms during entry into Earth's atmosphere. Finally, we can use ...
But rock has deep temporal roots, and the meteorite that reached Earth is an igneous rock that dates back 1.4 billion years. That much time is more difficult to understand, but science is at its ...
A piece of the Lafayette meteorite at Purdue University. (Purdue Brand Studio) One of the materials in question is a type of rock called iddingsite, which forms from volcanic basalt in the presence of ...
“Meteorites are often denser than Earth rocks, contain metal, and are magnetic. We can also look for things like a fusion crust that forms during entry into Earth’s atmosphere ...
The Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no clear indication of how it got there. A new analysis of the rock reveals evidence of liquid water on Mars ...
Meteorites quickly lose their research value after exposure to Earth's environment. It doesn't take long before nature wears away the rock's fusion crust. The Lafayette meteorite must have been ...
The Lafayette meteorite is a type of Martian meteorite known as a nakhlite. Made from igneous, i.e. volcanic, rocks, they possibly originate from a crater on the basaltic lava planes near the ...
An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth somewhere near Purdue ...