A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...
A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.
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Microbes mine rare metals from meteorite in zero gravity test
Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...
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6 meteorites found by ordinary people that ended up being quite valuable
Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a piece of space itself. Maybe it's been sitting there for centuries.Or maybe ...
Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a surprise: fragments of a rare type of meteorite that could help to piece ...
In an Australian crater, researchers have unearthed a very rare type of zircon, a semi-precious stone typically used in jewelry. This mineral is known as ...
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