An expedition in the sea off the coast of Papua New Guinea discovered 50 tiny spherules in June that could possibly be the first interstellar objects found on Earth. The expedition was led by Harvard University Astrophysicist Avi Loeb, and Rob McCallum of EYOS Expeditions coordinated the expedition, which lasted for almost two weeks, according…
Expedition Retrieves Spherules Possibly Originating Beyond the Solar System
Meteorites Found in Canada Cannot Be Removed From the Country Without Permit
Catch a falling star if you can, and by all means put it in your pocket, but don’t try to cross international borders with it lest you run afoul of a little−known Canadian law. An American museum will have to navigate that law’s intricacies should it try to buy portions of a meteorite believed to…
Homeowner Finds Rock That Crashed Through Roof Revealed as Ancient Meteorite From Asteroid Belt
The ancient space traveler landed in her house, of all places! While it’s not unusual to see meteors shooting through the night sky, particularly around this time of year, to have one land in one’s house—as it did for one New Jersey homeowner in May—is astronomically rare. Reports of “flight streaks” and loud sounds in…
Bladesmith Forges 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Metal Into ‘Extraterrestrial’ Knife — And It Looks Unreal
It was King Tutankhamun’s meteorite dagger that first sparked Tristan Dare’s imagination. Although ancient blacksmiths probably hammered Tut’s blade into shape, Dare, a young bladesmith from Idaho, introduced modern techniques to create his. The ancient Egyptians regarded iron as a gift “from the sky,” according to texts dating back to 1300 B.C. The only known…
Meteorite Hunters Journey to Mississippi to Gather Artifacts From the Sky
Since he began collecting meteorites five years ago, Roberto Vargas has made several pilgrimages to hunt for cosmic stones that—for him—hold the secrets of life itself. “They can help understand our origins,” Vargas told The Epoch Times. “They can help us understand the origins of our planet, and whether there is life on other planets.”…
Drone Used to Locate Fallen Meteorite in Australia
A student researcher from Western Australia’s Curtain University has used a drone to help pinpoint the location of a meteorite fragment on the remote Nullarbor Plain. Thousands of small meteorites are thought to hit Earth’s surface each year, but for every impact witnessed almost 800 space rock chunks land in oceans or remote landscapes and…
Study Nixes Mars Life in Meteorite Found in Antarctica
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A 4 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that caused a splash here on Earth decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martian life after all, scientists reported Thursday. In 1996, a NASA-led team announced that organic compounds in the rock appeared to have been left by living creatures. Other scientists were skeptical and…
Astronaut on SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Mission Took a Meteorite to Space and Back, in a First
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s all-civilian crew took a piece of an ancient meteorite to space back during its three-day trip to space and back in September, revealed astronaut Sian Proctor. Proctor in a Twitter post revealed she was able to take a meteorite to space during the all-civilian Inspiration4 mission earlier this year….
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