Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The Kobe University ...

South Africa probably has a lot more meteorites that haven’t been identified as such because they don’t stand out where they’ve landed or don’t look unusual enough for people to examine them.

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Collecting meteorites on Earth is often described as the cheapest form of space exploration. Scientists now have over five ...

In carbon-containing meteorites, impacts create extremely hot carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases (yellow). Kurosawa says: “We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject ...

In carbon-containing meteorites, impacts create extremely hot carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases (yellow). Credit: Kurosawa Kosuke Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe ...