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Combination of Two Minerals Can Explain Mysterious UV Absorber in Clouds of Venus

By Enrico de Lazaro January 8, 2024

The clouds of Venus are believed to be composed of sulfuric acid and minor constituents including iron-bearing compounds. Respective concentrations of these compounds vary with height in the thick atmosphere…

Tiny Fragments of Interstellar Meteor May Have Been Found in Pacific Ocean

By Natali Anderson July 10, 2023

Harvard University’s Professor Avi Loeb and colleagues have discovered at least 50 tiny spherical iron fragments near the fireball path of the first recognized interstellar meteor, IM1. Tiny meteoritic spherules…

Iron-Rich Meteoritic and Volcanic Particles May Have Promoted Origin of Life Reactions on Early Earth

By Enrico de Lazaro May 26, 2023

Precursors of the molecules needed for the origin of life may have been generated by chemical reactions promoted by meteoritic and volcanic particles approximately 4.4 billion years ago, says a…

Ancient Impact Crater Discovered in France

By Enrico de Lazaro February 22, 2023

The ancient crater, formally known as ‘le Clot,’ is about 220 m in diameter and 30 m in depth, and is located in the ground of the Domaine du Meteore-vineyard…

Tiny Fragments of Interstellar Meteor May Have Been Found in Pacific Ocean

Iron-Rich Meteoritic and Volcanic Particles May Have Promoted Origin of Life Reactions on Early Earth

Ancient Impact Crater Discovered in France

Astronomers Propose New Definition of Planet

Cassini Reveals Surface Properties of Titan’s Hydrocarbon Seas