Scientists have long been baffled by carbon-rich meteorites that show little evidence of violent space collisions. But new ...

Learn why carbon-containing meteorites appear to be less "shocked" than expected, missing the effects often seen in a ...

What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other?You'd expect to see clear signs of impact in the ensuing ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The discovery not only ...

A Kobe University study has finally solved this decades-old puzzle. Researchers found that when meteorites are hit, organic ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The Kobe University ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...

A new study shows how the Sun and Earth's atmosphere destroy life-bearing meteoroids before they reach the planet.

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases ...

What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other? You'd expect to see clear signs of impact in the ensuing meteorites — but for over 30 years, scientists have puzzled over why ...

In carbon-containing meteorites, impacts create extremely hot carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases (yellow). Kurosawa says: “We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to ...