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The Murchison meteorite

Chemistry

Building blocks for life may be able to form in radioactive meteorites

Amino acids have been found in meteorites, and now an experiment shows how they might have been created by chemical reactions in these space rocks

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A simulation of seismic waves moving across the surface of Mars

Space

Meteorite impacts show Mars’s crust is denser than we thought

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Space

Watch out for three meteor showers set to occur in October

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The fireball seen in the UK on 14 September

Space

Major fireball seen over UK was caused by chunk of space rock

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The fireball seen in the UK on 14 September

Space

Major fireball seen over UK was probably space junk returning to Earth

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Meteor

Space

Interstellar meteorite may be awaiting discovery on the sea floor

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Perseid Meteor Shower and Startrails

Space

How to spot the 2022 Perseid meteor shower that will peak on Saturday

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Close-up of black meteorite

Space

Meteorite from Mars traced to crater where it was ejected by impact

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Flash seen on Jupiter

Space

Enormous impact flash seen lighting up Jupiter’s atmosphere

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James Webb Space Telescope Artist Conception Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez

Space

James Webb Space Telescope was hit by a tiny space rock – but it’s OK

One of the mirrors of NASA’s huge new space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, was hit by a small space rock larger than anything tests on the ground involved

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Space

Watch out for comet SW3, which might cause a meteor shower in late May

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