The largest meteorite impact site in the world may be right here in central Australia.
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We can learn much about meteor strikes in ancient Australia by examining the oral traditions of indigenous people.
Meteors have been seen since people first looked at the night sky. They are comprised of small pieces of debris, typically no larger than a grain of dust or sand, which continually crash into the Earth’s…
Watching meteors in the night sky can be fun, although typically you only see a few flashes an hour. But there are certain times of the year when you can see many more – events known as meteor showers…
Our interest in our near-neighbour Mars – the hope of finding life there, or of possibly colonising it in the future – has driven several orbiting missions to the planet. These produced very detailed maps…
Meteorite impacts can be very destructive. One that fell in Mexico around 66m years ago created a 180km crater and caused the extinction of dinosaurs while spewing debris and molten rock into the air…
The asteroid impact that burst over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on the morning of February 15 has provided a huge collection of new data that scientists have been analysing since. This week, three papers, two…
Analysis of fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteorite shows it either collided with another body before hitting the atmosphere…
Researchers have shown that ancient Egyptian iron beads excavated in 1911 were hammered from pieces of meteorites, rather…
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