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Studying the sample could help answer how water arrived on Earth and how life started.
A new study of the meteorite Erg Chech 002 makes it one of the most precisely dated space objects and changes our understanding of how elements were spread around the cloud of dust that formed the Sun and planets.
The current race to the Moon is opening up opportunities for lunar astronomy.
Rubble pile asteroids are like giant space cushions, floating around the Solar System for billions of years. Here’s what that means for planetary defence.
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Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Birkbeck, University of London; Honorary Associate Professor, UCL
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Space Projects Manager & Mission Design Lead, University of Portsmouth
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PhD candidate, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Professor, Curtin University
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Post Doctoral Researcher in Achondrite Meteorites, The Open University