METEORITES

Meteorites are natural objects that have fallen from space to the Earth's surface. Once considered bad omens, they are now recognise d as a unique window onto the processes that forged the formation of the solar system 4,570 million years ago. They reveal how impac ts have shaped and modified planets, asteroids and moons/ and they even contain evidence of astrophysical phenomena that occurred lo ng before our solar system was born. In Meteorites, leading experts from the Natural History Museum, London provide a compelling and cutting...[Read more]