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Meteor
A meteor is a small body of extraterrestrial matter that enters the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of friction, the meteor glows as it streaks across the sky. Meteors are typically lumps of rock or iron that orbit the Sun.
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MAR 09, 2025Earth & The Environment
The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2024Space & Astronomy
When did liquid water exist on Mars and what can it tell us about when, or if, life ever existed on the Red Planet? This ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 22, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 15, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did life on Earth begin, and were the ingredients for life already on Earth or were they brought here from space? Th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can climate change effect the search for meteorites in Antarctica? This is what a recent study published in Nature C ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 30, 2023Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently shared key celestial events for November 2023 which offered skywatchers an opportunity to witness 16 d ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 31, 2023Space & Astronomy
Labroots believes in the sharing of knowledge, and we wish to highlight key celestial events for November 2023 that all ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 04, 2023Space & Astronomy
While the planets and moons of our solar system garner frequent attention from the scientific community, asteroids and c ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2023Space & Astronomy
While we often associate meteorites as simply rocks that fall to Earth in an impressive streak of light across the night ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 04, 2023Space & Astronomy
Space has the ultimate element of surprise: we never know what we will learn from it next. Space and the potential for l ...Written By: Mandy WoodsNOV 11, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal, an international team of researchers led by the Carnegie Insti ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 19, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacterial cells may shut down for many reasons. But how do they know when to wake up? Researchers have found the answer.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2022Chemistry & Physics
A comet called SW3 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann was discovered 92 years ago in 1930 by German astronomers, Friedri ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurSEP 29, 2021Space & Astronomy
This meteor may have caused a blast as large as the one in the Tunguska Event, and totally flattened a city.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
As much of the US swelters in a heat wave this week, cloud cover is also predicted to be low in many places. While there ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
Magnetization on the moon may come from impact events from objects like meteors instead of the presence of a magnetic sh ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
In this NASA image from Bill Ingalls, a meteor can be seen in the sky, one far less destructive than the asteroid that c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2021Earth & The Environment
As hard as it is to imagine, the rolling dunes that we picture now when we think of the Sahara used to be quite differen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists know that water is abundant in the solar system- existing in the rings of Saturn and on its moon, Enceladus. ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Long ago, fungi colonized the impact crater of an ancient meteor. It seems they may have begun working in partnership wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2020Space & Astronomy
On December 14, 2020, there was a total solar eclipse that could be seen in Chile and Argentina. Now scientists have rev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that humans and other terrestrial mammals might have trouble identifying and responding to mi ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2024
Space & Astronomy
When did liquid water exist on Mars and what can it tell us about when, or if, life ever existed on the Red Planet? This
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 22, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 15, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did life on Earth begin, and were the ingredients for life already on Earth or were they brought here from space? Th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can climate change effect the search for meteorites in Antarctica? This is what a recent study published in Nature C
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 30, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently shared key celestial events for November 2023 which offered skywatchers an opportunity to witness 16 d
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 31, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Labroots believes in the sharing of knowledge, and we wish to highlight key celestial events for November 2023 that all
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 04, 2023
Space & Astronomy
While the planets and moons of our solar system garner frequent attention from the scientific community, asteroids and c
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2023
Space & Astronomy
While we often associate meteorites as simply rocks that fall to Earth in an impressive streak of light across the night
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 04, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Space has the ultimate element of surprise: we never know what we will learn from it next. Space and the potential for l
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
NOV 11, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal, an international team of researchers led by the Carnegie Insti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 19, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacterial cells may shut down for many reasons. But how do they know when to wake up? Researchers have found the answer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
A comet called SW3 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann was discovered 92 years ago in 1930 by German astronomers, Friedri
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
SEP 29, 2021
Space & Astronomy
This meteor may have caused a blast as large as the one in the Tunguska Event, and totally flattened a city.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
As much of the US swelters in a heat wave this week, cloud cover is also predicted to be low in many places. While there
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Magnetization on the moon may come from impact events from objects like meteors instead of the presence of a magnetic sh
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In this NASA image from Bill Ingalls, a meteor can be seen in the sky, one far less destructive than the asteroid that c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2021
Earth & The Environment
As hard as it is to imagine, the rolling dunes that we picture now when we think of the Sahara used to be quite differen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists know that water is abundant in the solar system- existing in the rings of Saturn and on its moon, Enceladus.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Long ago, fungi colonized the impact crater of an ancient meteor. It seems they may have begun working in partnership wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2020
Space & Astronomy
On December 14, 2020, there was a total solar eclipse that could be seen in Chile and Argentina. Now scientists have rev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that humans and other terrestrial mammals might have trouble identifying and responding to mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch