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Using a nanomanipulator and an ultra-fine ion beam, a tiny lamella, about five by ten micrometres in size and only one hundred nanometres thin, is cut out of the meteorite and attached to a sample bar. The scientists can then analyze the organic particles in this lamella under an electron microscope (right). CREDIT SuperSTEM Laboratory, Daresbury, UK

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Cosmic Building Blocks Of Life Discovered Through An Electron Microscope

by Keith CowingJanuary 30, 2024January 30, 2024

Meteorites are fragments of asteroids which find their way to Earth as shooting stars. These cosmic sediments have frozen the primordial soup from which our solar system emerged – preserving […]

Habitable Zones

Formation Of The Moon Brought Water To Earth

by Keith CowingMay 21, 2019

The Earth is unique in our solar system: It is the only terrestrial planet with a large amount of water and a relatively large moon, which stabilizes the Earth’s axis. […]