Tagged: meteorite

Leonid Meteor Shower: What You Need to Know

From the vantage point of space, meteor showers are just trails of space trash, tiny bits of rock and ice left behind by comets as they race through the cosmos. But when our planet passed through those streams of junk as it revolves around the...

Meteorite Diamonds Tell Of A Lost Planet

Using transmission electron microscopy, EPFL scientists have examined a slice from a meteorite that contains large diamonds formed at high pressure. The study shows that the parent body from which the meteorite came was a planetary embryo of a size between Mercury to Mars. On...

Happening Tonight: The Leonid Meteor Shower

Read this, grab a blanket, and go out to check out the Leonid meteor shower, as it will reach its peak tonight and in the morning. The Leonids, which occur every November, are bright and often colorful meteors. They are well known as one of...