They are often classified into different types based on their composition, with carbonaceous meteorites being particularly significant due to their primitive nature and potential to contain ...

Astrophysicists have been grappling with the question of how water arrived on our young planet for decades. One of the ...

Carbonaceous chondrites are meteorites that originated from chondritic asteroids that are as old as our Solar System. Researchers, led by Dr Romain Tartèse of Manchester’s School of Earth and ...

Researchers dug up samples from the K-Pg layer and found ruthenium, an element that is rarely found on Earth but is plentiful on carbonaceous meteorites. The isotopes, or atoms, found in the ...

Carbonaceous meteorites, thought to originate beyond Jupiter, were enriched in neutron-rich isotopes, while non-carbonaceous meteorites from the inner solar system showed the opposite trend.

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

One example is a carbonaceous chondrite (a type of meteorite), also known as CAI in Allende. Scientists believe these were the very first things to become solids after the sun was first formed.

I am unravelling the history of an unusual group of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites that are believed to be similar to a certain group of water bearing asteroids; two of which are the targets of a ...

Among the findings are stones, including carbonaceous chondrites and achondrites, which hold clues to Earth's history and the origins of the solar system. "Every meteorite we find is a remnant ...

These asteroids are rich in carbon and hydrated clay minerals, possibly sharing similarities to the most primitive group of meteorites on Earth, known as carbonaceous chondrites. Unlike meteorite ...