A team led by Belgian researchers discovers 115 meteorites in Antarctica. What are they going to do with it?
An international team, led by Belgian scientists, discovered 115 meteorites in Antarctica during the ongoing BELARE expedition, VUB announced on Saturday. The meteorites will be sent to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels.
The expedition took place in the remote Belgica Mountains region of Antarctica, more than 300 kilometers southeast of Princess Elisabeth Station. The discoveries included several chondrites, the most primitive meteorites that in composition resemble the original material of the solar nebula, the enormous cloud of gas and dust that formed the solar system about 4,000 years ago. 6 billion years.
“Each new (micro)meteorite offers an essential piece of the puzzle we are trying to piece together“, emphasizes Professor Steven Goderis of the VUB. “Based on some meteorite fragments we can learn about planetary differentiation and collisions that took place in the young solar system, and in other fragments we find prebiotic molecules necessary for the evolution of life“, adds Professor Vinciane Debaille from ULB.
The meteorites will be sent to the Museum of Natural Sciences for thawing, conservation and detailed classification. They will then be made available for research. The most beautiful pieces will also be exhibited to the public.
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