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Machine Learning ‘Phones Home’ for Famous ‘Black Beauty’ Martian Meteorite

Using a multidisciplinary approach involving a machine learning algorithm, the new research – published in Nature Communications – identified the particular crater on Mars that ejected the so-called ‘Black Beauty’ meteorite, weighing 320 grams, and paired stones, which were first reported as being found in northern Africa in 2011. Black Beauty is the only brecciated Martian sample ...

Troy Oakes

Black Beauty meteorite.

A Doghouse Hit by a Meteorite Just Sold for US$44,000

Rocky, the German shepherd, was comfortably sleeping inside his doghouse on April 23, 2019, when a fragment from a 59-pound space rock shattered his rusted tin roof. The 10-ounce meteorite just missed Roky, leaving a vast seven-inch hole in its path and ruining the doghouse’s old hardwood floor.  Professional meteorite hunters visited the scene almost ...

Haidene Go

Doghouse with a rusted tin roof and the letter 'R' drawn on the front sits on a pad of astroturf with an orange food dish next to it inside Christie's auctionhouse.

What Is the Mars Connection to Earth and Is There Life on Mars?

More than half a century after astronaut Neil Armstrong took man’s historic first steps on the moon; another space race is heating up. This time, man is aiming to set foot on Mars. The term “Mars migration” should not be new to you. It’s a project to bring people to the “red planet” in accordance ...

Believe It Or Not

Mars.

Rock Kept for Years Found to Be Rare Meteorite

The Melbourne man could never have guessed the rock he just found was actually a rare meteorite. Sometimes, people receive certain things in life unexpectedly and these turn out to be of greater worth than they had ever thought. This is what happened to an Australian man named David Hole. He was exploring the Maryborough ...

Raven Montmorency

Two meteorites.

Earth’s Meteorite Impacts Over Past 500 Million Years Tracked

For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked Earth’s meteorite impacts over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the asteroid belt have not generally affected the number of impacts with Earth to any great extent. Researchers have been ...

Troy Oakes

A meteor headed toward Earth.

Struck by a Meteorite, Her Life Was Changed Forever

Seeing a “shooting star” silently glide through the night sky, even though it may last only a matter of seconds, is a glorious and awe-inspiring sight. Occasionally, we hear of fragments of meteorites falling from the sky and hitting someone or a village. There are also stories of people selling space rock fragments and getting rich ...

Michael Segarty

Shooting star or meteorite, the difference is vast depending on our point of view.

Planetary Scientist Unravels Mystery of Egyptian Desert Glass

A Curtin University researcher has solved a nearly 100-year-old riddle by discovering that Egyptian desert glass was created by a meteorite impact, rather than atmospheric airburst, in findings that have implications for understanding the threat posed by asteroids. Published in the leading journal Geology, the research examined tiny grains of the mineral zircon in samples ...

Troy Oakes

Egyptian desert glass.