31 August 2020
"Dry" meteorites unlock the origin of Earth's water
... of a type of meteorite that is composed of material from the inner solar system. These meteorites are known as enstatite chondrite and on Earth they constitute roughly two percent of known meteorites in collections, making them quite rare. Because...
12 May 2021
Scientists discover liquid water inside a meteorite
...pieces were recovered, its fragments are from a type of meteorite known as a carbonaceous chondrite or C chondrites. These specimens make up less than 5 percent of the chondrites that fall on Earth and represent some of the most pristine matter known...
22 December 2021
Scientists present the first-ever analysis of samples retrieved from Ryugu
...CAIs) and chondrules. CAIs are found in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites and contain high-temperature minerals. They are ...porosity finding indicates “that Ryugu is most similar to CI chondrites but has lower albedo, higher porosity and more fragile ...
13 December 2021
Did another star gatecrash our early Solar System?
... they crystallised from being melted. They are found embedded in large numbers in some stony meteorites called chondrites. Chondrules found to date are over four billion years old – older than the Earth and other...
16 March 2020
Porous nature of Ryugu suggests formation from fluffy particles, new study says
...the day, correspond to dense boulders similar to typical carbonaceous chondrites, add Okada and colleagues. All of this points to ...could arise from “surface materials different from carbonaceous chondrites, such as the organic surface-rich material ...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... our study of meteorites gathered from around the world is that there is a class of small bodies known as carbonaceous chondrites that contain a significant amount of water, organic molecules and other volatile compounds that could have ‘seeded...
