meteorite

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The page focuses on science communication and aims to distinguish genuine risks from unfounded speculation about meteorites and asteroids.

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Scientists have long studied amino acids in carbon rich meteorites, including the well known Murchison meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969.

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One possibility is that meteorites striking Mars delivered organic material to the surface.

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The experiments included exposure to powerful shock waves comparable to those created by meteorite impacts on Mars, as well as perchlorate salts, which are toxic compounds known to exist in Martian soil.

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They evaluated long-term exposure to cosmic rays, changes during magma evolution, and contamination from meteorites.

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