An iron-clad asteroid
Friday, February 28, 2020 - 12:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Mineralogists have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon in soil samples from the asteroid 'Itokawa': the surface of the celestial body is covered with tiny hair-shaped iron crystals. The team provides an explanation of how these were formed, and why asteroids can be unusually low in sulphur compounds.