Meteorite holds evidence of water on ancient Mars

New research shows that the Lafayette Meteorite was exposed to liquid water while located on Mars

Cheryl Pierce - Purdue • futurity
Nov. 15, 2024 ~8 min

Meteorites the size of basketballs hit Mars almost every day

"This is the first paper of its kind to determine how often meteorites impact the surface of Mars from seismological data..."

Marianne Lucien-ETH Zurich • futurity
July 2, 2024 ~8 min


Mysterious sound waves came from a truck, not a meteor

Sound waves thought to be from a 2014 meteor fireball were almost certainly vibrations from a truck rumbling along a nearby road.

Roberto Molar Candanosa-Johns Hopkins • futurity
March 11, 2024 ~4 min

Team finds potential origin of shock-darkened meteorites

Planetary scientists have identified a potential source of shock-darkened meteorites, which have dark veins.

Mikayla Mace-Arizona • futurity
Oct. 20, 2022 ~6 min

Asteroids reveal our solar system’s chaotic infancy

A reconstruction of the early history of several asteroids indicates that the solar system at its beginnings was much more chaotic than we thought.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
May 25, 2022 ~7 min

Cosmic ‘airburst’ leveled a biblical city in the Jordan Valley

"There's evidence of a large cosmic airburst, close to this city called Tall el-Hammam." The shock of the explosion over the city was enough to level it.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Sept. 21, 2021 ~8 min

‘Black beauty’ may blow up water’s origin story

New research turns the theory about where water comes from upside down. It may come out of the planet formation process, researchers say.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
Nov. 6, 2020 ~6 min

Chunks of Venus may have smashed into the moon

Growing evidence suggests Venus was a lot like Earth long ago. Researchers say rocks from Venus that collided with the moon could help clear things up.

Fred Mamoun-Yale • futurity
Oct. 13, 2020 ~5 min


Was our planet always wet?

The building blocks of our planet may have been the source of water on Earth rather than comets or asteroids from faraway, researchers report.

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
Sept. 1, 2020 ~6 min

‘Black Beauty’ meteorite spotlights watery past on Mars

New research digs into the red planet's past to figure out where water on Mars actually came from.

U. Arizona • futurity
March 30, 2020 ~7 min

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