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The Johnstown meteorite, on loan from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for an event commemorating the centennial of its fall. Credit: Richard Binzel On the evening of July 6, 1924, John Moore's funeral was interrupted. A meteorite, trailing a column of smoke, announced its arrival with a series of thunderous explosions. As mourners
Return to article list Psyche has a nearly circular orbit in the asteroid belt, so it is unlikely to have come close to Earth. The metallic asteroid Psyche, shown in this artist's concept, may be the exposed iron-nickel core, or a fragment of one, of a larger object in the early stages of the solar
206 Using samples collected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer, scientists have found the effects of micrometeorite bombardments on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. The team used a technique called electron holography to study the magnetic properties of the sample, learn about the magnetic field in the early solar system and how space
