Andesite magmas were once thought to be simple melts derived from a subducting oceanic slab or the mantle. Analysis of lavas at Mount Hood shows that instead andesites are a complex mixture of magmas ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Two rare meteorites found in Antarctica two years ago are from a previously unknown, ancient asteroid with an outer layer or crust similar in composition to the crust of Earth's ...

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Scientists are still trying to figure out how a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite rock found itself in the Sahara desert. The rock was discovered in May 2020 in the middle of the Sahara in Adar Algeria.

Field image of the achondrite meteorite GRA 06128, found in blue ice of the Graves Nunatak region of the Antarctica during the ANSMET 2006/2007 field-season. Image courtesy of the Antarctic Search for ...