Chondritic meteorites (chondrites) are some of the oldest rocks in our solar system, forming 4.5 billion years ago. Therefore, their primitive composition means that they offer a window into the ...

This section of a meteorite containing chondrules was discovered near Tindouf, Algeria. Research done at Purdue suggests chondrules were born in a molten spray as embryo planets collided around 4 ...

Research suggests collisions of planetary embryos could be the origin of the material that formed asteroids. Chondrules, tiny bead-like grains of solidified melted rock found in meteorites, might ...

Chondrules are such dominant features of these meteorites that they are called chondrites, and they account for 86 percent of meteorites that have been found on Earth.

Whether they are actually from Mercury remains unknown. However, both are achondrites, previously melted meteorites characterized by an absence of chondrules (mineral spheres embedded in the rock) and ...

These meteorites, which constitute more than 80 percent of those observed to fall from space, derive their name from the chondrules virtually all of them contain—tiny beads of melted material ...

135-year-old meteorite mystery solved? Chondrules may have formed from high-pressure collisions in early solar system Date: July 8, 2013 Source: University of Chicago Summary: A normally staid ...

Chondrules are found in 92 percent of all meteorites, and are often thought to be the building blocks of planets.

Several complete and broken chondrules glow in technicolor in this thin slice of meteorite viewed under a 30x microscope. Chondrules are 4.56 billion years old and may represent the first solid ...

Chondrules are silicate spherules that are found in abundance in the most primitive class of meteorites, the chondrites. Chondrules are believed to have formed by rapid cooling of silicate melt ...

The new research revolves around the creation of tiny spherical grains known as chondrules, that are present in meteorites. Chondrules are formed where molten droplets cool, leaving behind a ...

Providing some help was the discovery a few years ago that chondrules are one or two million years younger than calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in meteorites. These inclusions are exactly the ...