Sentences with phrase «by meteorites»

Gale Crater was formed by meteorite impact early in the history of Mars, and it was subsequently filled with sediments transported by flowing water.

Who in his right mind would deliberately represent the pope struck by a meteorite in order to deliver a political message about the church?»

If in the 2040s the Earth gets hit by a meteorite shower and dramatically cools, or if humanity has installed mirrors in space to prevent the warming, then the above scenario was not wrong (the calculations may have been perfectly accurate).

If there is life on any Earth - type planet orbiting youthful Vega, it is likely to be primitive single - cell, anaerobic (non-oxygen producing) bacteria under constant bombardment by meteorites and comets as Earth was for the first billion years.

Planets and moons were heavily bombarded by meteorites when the Solar System was young, throwing lots of material back into space.

Exquisite telescopic photographs of the lunar surface had existed for decades before the Apollo missions to the Moon, but they did not resolve the controversy of the origin of lunar craters were they formed by meteorite impact or by volcanic eruption?

In brief: Wakanda, consisting of five tribes, was blessed long ago by a meteorite made of a magical substance called vibranium.

Duke's Apollo 16 mission returned with rocks that proved the moon's highlands had been shaped more by meteorite impacts than ancient volcanoes.

Map revealing burn mark left by the meteorite in various locations, framed.

«This research therefore outlines a plausible mechanism by which molecules present in interstellar space, brought to earth by meteorite strikes, could potentially be converted into 2 - deoxy - D - ribose, a molecule vital for all living systems.»

Astronomers had predicted that dust created by meteorite impacts should coat all the moons evenly, giving their surfaces a uniform look.

Geologists believe it started life, 4 billion years ago, tens of metres below the Martian surface and was «snookered» off the planet by another meteorite when it struck that area, a mere 16 million years ago.

At least 17 people are said to have been killed by meteorite impact.

This was the most densely populated urban area ever hit by a meteorite shower.

Moons and planets have been impacted by meteorites since the formation of our solar system.

Scientists in their preliminary findings suggest signs of life from under Mars» surface may not survive in rocks excavated by some meteorite impacts.

Such a marker — like the chemical signature left by the meteorite strike that wiped out the dinosaurs — is called a golden spike.

NASA astronauts discovered that real Moon craters were almost all created by meteorites while their namesakes on Earth were created by volcanic eruptions.

Life - Producing Phosphorus Carried to Earth by Meteorites June 4, 2013 — Scientists may not know for certain whether life exists in outer space, but new research from a team of scientists led by a University of South Florida astrobiologist now shows that one key element that produced life on Earth was carried here on meteorites.

Russians have been shocked by a meteorite that crashed unannounced into their territory, due to the failure of global coordination of space.

But, if organisms could somehow survive exposure to those conditions, it might mean that life on Earth could have come from elsewhere in the solar system, perhaps ferried by a meteorite.

There are scattered reports of deaths by meteorites through recorded history, like a Chinese chronicle asserting that thousands died during a 1490 meteor shower.

GRAIL's discoveries include the fact that the moon's crust is thinner and more fractured by meteorite impacts than scientists had suspected (SN Online: 12/6/12).

Take LADEE, which detected traces of water in the lunar atmosphere that were probably carried there by meteorites.

And some Berbers in the Atlas Mountains will continue earning their living by meteorite hunting, discovering space rocks that would otherwise never be found.

Scientists hypothesize that sulfur from the core could have made it to the surface through volcanoes or could have been deposited by meteorites.

We know that it couldn't happen as long as the surface was being periodically vaporized by meteorite strikes during the solar system's early years and youth — so if we can figure out when those strikes stopped, we can then understand a bit more about how we got here, and when.»

The finding is «exciting,» says astrobiologist Lynn Rothschild of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, who was not involved in the work, because it indicates that nano - suited creatures might survive travel by a meteorite or comet through the extreme environments of space.

The researchers were looking at rocks from the Ries crater (inset) of southern Germany, a 24 - kilometer - wide depression formed about 14.6 million years ago by a meteorite crashing into Earth with the force of 1.8 million Hiroshima bombs.

The young planet was blitzed by meteorites until 4 billion years ago, so it is unlikely life started before then.

The aim of the study was to see if organic compounds encased in rock could survive the extreme conditions associated with them being blasted to the surface of Mars by meteorites.

Lunar regolith is made from solid moon rock that has been ground down over eons by meteorite impacts.

In 1984 it was discovered by meteorite hunters in the Allen Hills region of Antarctica.

Moreover, bacteria could be transported by meteorites from an inner planet where life is ending to an outer planet where conditions are warming up.

A man is hit on the head by a meteorite and a piece of it lodges in his skull.

Monsters vs. Aliens (PG for sci - fi action, crude humor and mild epithets) Animated adventure about a girl (Reese Witherspoon) turned into a 50 foot - tall giant by a meteorite who is called upon by the President of the United States (Stephen Colbert) to defend the planet against an army of invading aliens with the help of a rag - tag team of monsters.

Fortnite was sent soaring over the $ 50 million mark by the debut of the game's fourth season of content, which sees its battleground bombarded by meteorite fragments — and which resulted in equally out - of - this - world growth of week - over-week revenue.

Your name is Ethan, a rat that got touched by meteorites giving him the power of telekinesis: freezing time and moving objects around him.

With a title like «The Freak Show,» we might have expected to see Damien Hirst's creatures in formaldehyde, Ron Mueck's giants, or even Maurizio Cattelan's Pope John Paul II crushed by a meteorite.

Such a process seemed too long, however, to be accounted for by a meteorite strike.

If there is life on any Earth - type planet orbiting youthful Altair, it is likely to be primitive single - cell, anaerobic (non-oxygen producing) bacteria under constant bombardment by meteorites and comets as Earth was for the first billion years.

The lunar surface is frequently bombarded by meteorites and could have amino acids from asteroids as well.

This is likely intended by Epic Games, because getting randomly killed by a meteorite would be rather anti climactic.

There are meteors traveling around throughout space, and all of the moons and planets have been impacted by meteorites since the formation of our solar system.

Scientists suggest signs of life from under Mars» surface may not survive in rocks excavated by some meteorite impacts.

You are more likely to get hit by a meteorite than that a bitcoin address is compromised.

Meteor Crater in Arizona, formed by a meteorite impact 50,000 years ago, contains bits of a hard, compressed form of silica called stishovite.