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[ad_1] Scientists have found evidence of two unique minerals in a massive 15000 kilogram meteorite which once hit the Earth. This big discovery can shed more light into the composition of the universe. The universe is unimaginably vast and we, the Earthlings, have only explored a small fraction of it. According to latest estimates, there are around 100-200 billion galaxies in the universe. And we have had a close view of less than 1 percent of our own galaxy. This opens up the question of how different the universe is compared to the solar system. Are carbon, nitrogen, oxygen the building blocks in other galaxies or are there entirely different sets of elements that dominate these worlds? This is why whenever a meteorite strikes the Earth, it is a golden opportunity for scientists to ...

[ad_1] Researchers found two never-seen-before minerals in a massive 15-ton meteorite that may unravel the secrets of formation of asteroids. Some meteorites come from asteroids, others from comets and some may even originate in the moon itself and even other planets. Consider them “space rocks." Occasionally, these space rocks enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up. The part that survives and hits the Earth is called a meteorite. One such meteorite was unearthed in east Africa in 2020. And what a monster rock it is! It is the ninth largest ever found to date. In size, it is simply gigantic. This 15-ton meteorite was found in Somalia. And now, it may well be on way to solving the mystery of the formation of asteroids. When researchers chopped a 70-gramme piece of this space rock, they d...

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This 9th largest meteorite that ever struck Earth has something UNIQUE

15-ton meteorite has never-seen-before minerals; may provide clues to asteroid formation