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Scientists Have Never Confirmed a Meteorite From Mercury. Could These Space Rocks From the Desert Be the First?
Two meteorites found in the Sahara show tantalizing similarities to the innermost planet, and while researchers say they are likely not direct samples, “one cannot rule out” the idea
No one has ever trodden another planet. And yet some visit us. Meteorites, these fragments of asteroids or planets torn off by violent impacts, are messengers of the solar system. Thanks to them, we have been able to study pieces of Mars, fallen on Earth millennia ago. But what about [...]
(CNN) — Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara desert in 2023 could originally come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the innermost planet of the solar system. Mercury, the least studied and most mysterious rocky planet of the solar system, is so close to the Sun that its exploration is difficult even for probes. Only two unmanned spacecraft have visited it to date: Mariner 10, launched in…
A research published in the magazine Icarus on the meteorites of the Sahara has shown a shocking finding of spatial origin: it is the first traces of Mercury in the form of meteorites in the immense desert in 2023. It is a planet of which very little information is available regarding its geology and composition, because it is so close to the Sun that it is difficult to explore. However, after this novel finding opens an opportunity to know more…
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