Friday, 18 October 2013

The rock that fell to Earth



The meteorite that fell into a Russian lake has been recovered.  570 kg of material has been collected from the lake bottom and should give more clues about the origin of the rock and, perhaps, the origin of our planet.  Metoerites are the left-overs from planet formation and give us our best evidence about the composition of the deep Earth and its age.

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