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Strange meteorites have been traced to their source craters on Mars
An impact crater on Mars, with darker material exposed beneath the reddish dust NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Six Martian…
Lyrid meteor shower 2024: How to see the Lyrids this April and when do they peak?
Shutterstock/Ingo Bartussek One of the meteor showers I look forward to every year is the Lyrids, which peaks…
Huge crater in India hints at major meteorite impact 4000 years ago
The Luna structure, a 1.8-kilometre-wide depression in north-west India, may have been caused by the largest meteorite to…
Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth
The Perseid meteor shower in 2023 seen from California NASA/Preston Dyches Cosmic dust may have delivered elements crucial…