Tagged: meteorite

Massive meteorite impact created the hottest mantle rock ever

The meteorite sizzled rocks some 36 million years ago. It’s confirmed: The hottest rock ever discovered in Earth’s crust really was super-hot. The rock, a fist-sized piece of black glass, was discovered in 2011 and first reported in 2017, when scientists wrote that it had...

Massive meteorite impact created the hottest mantle rock ever

The meteorite sizzled rocks some 36 million years ago. It’s confirmed: The hottest rock ever discovered in Earth’s crust really was super-hot. The rock, a fist-sized piece of black glass, was discovered in 2011 and first reported in 2017, when scientists wrote that it had...

4.6 billion-year-old meteorite found in horseshoe footprint

A crumbling hunk of rock found in a field in England is a rare meteorite from the earliest days of the solar system, dating back about 4.6 billion years. The meteorite was found in Gloucestershire in March by Derek Robson, a resident of Loughborough, England,...

Rare meteorite could hold secrets to life on Earth

Scientists are set to uncover the secrets of a rare meteorite and possibly the origins of oceans and life on Earth, thanks to Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) funding. Research carried out on the meteorite, which fell in the UK earlier this year, suggests...