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TopicMeteorite

Topic: Meteorite

Why meteorite hunters scour Morocco for riches from outer space

Morocco’s desert climate protects meteorite fragments, while its landscape makes them fairly easy to spot.

Sotheby’s poised for red hot bidding battle as largest Martian meteorite goes up for auction in NY

NWA 16788 was discovered in Niger & is assumed to have travelled 140 million miles to reach Earth. Weighing 24.67 kg, the meteorite dwarfs the previous largest Martian specimen by 70%.

A meteorite crashed into Maharashtra village. And a chase for Rs 15 lakh & missing piece

When 3 meteorite pieces struck Khalwat Nimgaon, it upended village life and set off a frantic hunt for a missing fragment. Scientists, officials, and even students elsewhere are invested.

Meteorite that crashed in Gujarat is rare aubrite, seen in India just once before in 1852

According to researchers, fragments mainly contained a mineral known as enstatite, characteristics of which were similar to what is thought to be seen on the surface of Mercury. 

Rare 7kg meteorite found in Antarctica, one of five new space rocks discovered

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Covid-19 vaccine alters menstrual cycle, finds study & a Cretaceous era turtle the size of a car

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Did space sow seeds of life on Earth? Japan scientists find building blocks of DNA in meteorites

Five primary nucleobases that make up all DNA & RNA found in 3 meteorites. Study published in Nature Communications Tuesday.

Fossil leads to discovery of sabre-toothed predator & how fallen meteorites can be found using AI

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

‘X’ particles found at CERN & artificial intelligence identifies hidden meteorites in Antarctica

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Found in the Sahara, a meteorite older than Earth itself

The rare meteorite, estimated to be 4.6 billion years old, was found by a team led by Jean-Alix Barrat of Université de Bretagne Occidentale. Results of the study have been published in PNAS.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.