In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, ...

Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...

FOLLOWING the discovery 1,2 of a paramagnetic resonance absorption of high intensity, and narrow width, in charcoals and other low-temperature carbons, a systematic survey of different coal and ...

The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests.

EVs haven't lived up to expectations and combustion engines are still going extinct. So, this is the perfect time to consider ...

A research team recently developed a sustainable and chemical-free superoxide (O 2 •−) generation strategy by integrating rechargeable carbonaceous supercapacitors with redox-moiety based O 2 ...

Known as a carbonaceous meteor, these most commonly come from the outer solar system. C-type meteors are exceptionally old, ...

Rob Wilcock (Reproduced by permission) The anonymous driveway owner has donated his find to science It's carbonaceous chondrite - a stony material that retains unaltered chemistry from the ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

This concentration is in turn controlled by the type and concentration of the carbonaceous gas, and the thickness of the nickel layer. After a chemical etching of the nickel, the graphene membrane ...

Researchers, led from London's Natural History Museum (NHM), say the meteorite - comprising 548g of small stones and powder - is a member of the CM2 carbonaceous chondrites. Winchcombe is said to ...