meteorites
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Space & Cosmos
How did the building blocks of life reach Earth? Zinc fingerprints in meteorites provide clues
An iron meteorite from the core of a molten planetesimal (left) and a chondrite meteorite from a “primitive” unmolten planetesimal (right). Credit: Rayssa Martins/Ross Findlay Researchers used the chemical fingerprint of zinc in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth. The results suggest that without the “unmolten” asteroids, there may not have been enough of these compounds…
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