Impact events Archives - Astrobiology

Chicxulub Asteroid Impact Sulfur Release Was Less Lethal In Dinosaur Extinction

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Exchange Of Meteorites Between The Terrestrial Planets And The Moon

Meteorites & Asteroids

Exchange Of Meteorites Between The Terrestrial Planets And The Moon

Massive Volcanic Eruptions Did Not Cause The Extinction Of Dinosaurs

Extinction events

Massive Volcanic Eruptions Did Not Cause The Extinction Of Dinosaurs

The Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected In The Main Belt

Comets and Asteroids

The Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected In The Main Belt

Massive Asteroid Impacts Did Not Change Earth’s Climate In The Long Term

Impact events

Massive Asteroid Impacts Did Not Change Earth’s Climate In The Long Term

An Impact-free Mechanism To Deliver Water To Terrestrial Planets And Exoplanets

Astrochemistry

An Impact-free Mechanism To Deliver Water To Terrestrial Planets And Exoplanets

The Response of Planetary Atmospheres to the Impact of Icy Comets I: Tidally-Locked exo-Earths

Impact events

The Response of Planetary Atmospheres to the Impact of Icy Comets I: Tidally-Locked exo-Earths

Rapid Colonization of a Space‐returned Ryugu Sample by Terrestrial Microorganisms

Meteorites & Asteroids

Rapid Colonization of a Space‐returned Ryugu Sample by Terrestrial Microorganisms

Meteorite Contains Evidence Of Liquid Water On Mars 742 Million Years Ago

Mars

Meteorite Contains Evidence Of Liquid Water On Mars 742 Million Years Ago

Migration of Bodies to the Earth from Different Distances from the Sun

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

Migration of Bodies to the Earth from Different Distances from the Sun

Mechanisms and Timing of Carbonaceous Chondrite Delivery to Earth

Astrogeology

Mechanisms and Timing of Carbonaceous Chondrite Delivery to Earth

Effect Of A Giant Meteorite Impact On Paleoarchean Surface Environments And Life

Impact events

Effect Of A Giant Meteorite Impact On Paleoarchean Surface Environments And Life

X-Raying Neutral Density Disturbances in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere induced by the 2022 Hunga-Tonga Volcano Eruption-Explosion

Atmospheres & Climate

X-Raying Neutral Density Disturbances in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere induced by the 2022 Hunga-Tonga Volcano Eruption-Explosion

Saudi Arabia Crater Holds Clues For Extraterrestrial Life

Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes

Saudi Arabia Crater Holds Clues For Extraterrestrial Life

How Did The Building Blocks Of Life Arrive On Earth?

Astrochemistry

How Did The Building Blocks Of Life Arrive On Earth?

Australian Crater Could Offer Fresh Insight Into Earth’s Geological History

Impact events

Australian Crater Could Offer Fresh Insight Into Earth’s Geological History

An Ancient And Impure Frozen Ocean On Ceres Implied By Its Ice-rich Crust

Ceres

An Ancient And Impure Frozen Ocean On Ceres Implied By Its Ice-rich Crust

ESA PANGEA Away Team Training: Meteorite Identification

Away Teams & Field Reports

ESA PANGEA Away Team Training: Meteorite Identification

Earth May Have Had A Ring System 466 Million Years Ago

Impact events

Earth May Have Had A Ring System 466 Million Years Ago

The Impact of Icy Cometary ‘Impacts’ on Exoplanetary Atmospheres I: Tidally-Locked Terrestrial Exoplanets

Atmospheres & Climate

The Impact of Icy Cometary ‘Impacts’ on Exoplanetary Atmospheres I: Tidally-Locked Terrestrial Exoplanets