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  1. @Thorium I tried adding you again and it's still saying your server doesn't support collections. I'll retry from time to time.

    I'm kinda surprised nobody else has joined up. I know there must be other meteorite people around here who wouldn't mind being on the list. I just have to find them.

    If anyone #meteorite people are here, post a reply to join up. Let's make this into a legit "group" for discussions.

    #meteorite #meteorites #meteorito #meteoriten #meteoryt #meteor

  2. @Thorium I tried adding you again and it's still saying your server doesn't support collections. I'll retry from time to time.

    I'm kinda surprised nobody else has joined up. I know there must be other meteorite people around here who wouldn't mind being on the list. I just have to find them.

    If anyone #meteorite people are here, post a reply to join up. Let's make this into a legit "group" for discussions.

    #meteorite #meteorites #meteorito #meteoriten #meteoryt #meteor

  3. @Thorium I tried adding you again and it's still saying your server doesn't support collections. I'll retry from time to time.

    I'm kinda surprised nobody else has joined up. I know there must be other meteorite people around here who wouldn't mind being on the list. I just have to find them.

    If anyone #meteorite people are here, post a reply to join up. Let's make this into a legit "group" for discussions.

    #meteorite #meteorites #meteorito #meteoriten #meteoryt #meteor

  4. @Thorium I tried adding you again and it's still saying your server doesn't support collections. I'll retry from time to time.

    I'm kinda surprised nobody else has joined up. I know there must be other meteorite people around here who wouldn't mind being on the list. I just have to find them.

    If anyone #meteorite people are here, post a reply to join up. Let's make this into a legit "group" for discussions.

    #meteorite #meteorites #meteorito #meteoriten #meteoryt #meteor

  5. Sugars are essential #biomolecules, serving as metabolic fuels, nucleic acid backbone components and structural or energy-storage polymers.

    A central question in origin-of-life research is how monosaccharides formed on the primitive Earth, as laboratory experiments under #prebiotic conditions yield insufficient concentrations.

    The detection of #ribose, #glucose and other monosaccharides in #asteroids and #meteorites suggests an exogenous origin, possibly in the interstellar medium (ISM) before meteoritic parent-body formation.

    However, no #sugar has been observed in the ISM so far.

    Now astronomers report the discovery of #erythrulose, a chiral four-carbon ketose, in the ISM.

    Erythrulose appears to be at least eight times more abundant than analogous three-carbon sugars, which remain undetected in our ultrasensitive observations.

    Quantum chemical and astrochemical models indicate that erythrulose forms efficiently on interstellar dust grains from simpler two-carbon aldehydes and alcohols.

    As ketoses readily isomerize into aldoses in aqueous conditions, interstellar erythrulose could have contributed to the sugar inventory available for early metabolic and replication processes.

    #astrobiology #astronomy
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  6. Sugars are essential #biomolecules, serving as metabolic fuels, nucleic acid backbone components and structural or energy-storage polymers.

    A central question in origin-of-life research is how monosaccharides formed on the primitive Earth, as laboratory experiments under #prebiotic conditions yield insufficient concentrations.

    The detection of #ribose, #glucose and other monosaccharides in #asteroids and #meteorites suggests an exogenous origin, possibly in the interstellar medium (ISM) before meteoritic parent-body formation.

    However, no #sugar has been observed in the ISM so far.

    Now astronomers report the discovery of #erythrulose, a chiral four-carbon ketose, in the ISM.

    Erythrulose appears to be at least eight times more abundant than analogous three-carbon sugars, which remain undetected in our ultrasensitive observations.

    Quantum chemical and astrochemical models indicate that erythrulose forms efficiently on interstellar dust grains from simpler two-carbon aldehydes and alcohols.

    As ketoses readily isomerize into aldoses in aqueous conditions, interstellar erythrulose could have contributed to the sugar inventory available for early metabolic and replication processes.

    #astrobiology #astronomy
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  7. Sugars are essential #biomolecules, serving as metabolic fuels, nucleic acid backbone components and structural or energy-storage polymers.

    A central question in origin-of-life research is how monosaccharides formed on the primitive Earth, as laboratory experiments under #prebiotic conditions yield insufficient concentrations.

    The detection of #ribose, #glucose and other monosaccharides in #asteroids and #meteorites suggests an exogenous origin, possibly in the interstellar medium (ISM) before meteoritic parent-body formation.

    However, no #sugar has been observed in the ISM so far.

    Now astronomers report the discovery of #erythrulose, a chiral four-carbon ketose, in the ISM.

    Erythrulose appears to be at least eight times more abundant than analogous three-carbon sugars, which remain undetected in our ultrasensitive observations.

    Quantum chemical and astrochemical models indicate that erythrulose forms efficiently on interstellar dust grains from simpler two-carbon aldehydes and alcohols.

    As ketoses readily isomerize into aldoses in aqueous conditions, interstellar erythrulose could have contributed to the sugar inventory available for early metabolic and replication processes.

    #astrobiology #astronomy
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  8. Sugars are essential #biomolecules, serving as metabolic fuels, nucleic acid backbone components and structural or energy-storage polymers.

    A central question in origin-of-life research is how monosaccharides formed on the primitive Earth, as laboratory experiments under #prebiotic conditions yield insufficient concentrations.

    The detection of #ribose, #glucose and other monosaccharides in #asteroids and #meteorites suggests an exogenous origin, possibly in the interstellar medium (ISM) before meteoritic parent-body formation.

    However, no #sugar has been observed in the ISM so far.

    Now astronomers report the discovery of #erythrulose, a chiral four-carbon ketose, in the ISM.

    Erythrulose appears to be at least eight times more abundant than analogous three-carbon sugars, which remain undetected in our ultrasensitive observations.

    Quantum chemical and astrochemical models indicate that erythrulose forms efficiently on interstellar dust grains from simpler two-carbon aldehydes and alcohols.

    As ketoses readily isomerize into aldoses in aqueous conditions, interstellar erythrulose could have contributed to the sugar inventory available for early metabolic and replication processes.

    #astrobiology #astronomy
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  9. Sugars are essential #biomolecules, serving as metabolic fuels, nucleic acid backbone components and structural or energy-storage polymers.

    A central question in origin-of-life research is how monosaccharides formed on the primitive Earth, as laboratory experiments under #prebiotic conditions yield insufficient concentrations.

    The detection of #ribose, #glucose and other monosaccharides in #asteroids and #meteorites suggests an exogenous origin, possibly in the interstellar medium (ISM) before meteoritic parent-body formation.

    However, no #sugar has been observed in the ISM so far.

    Now astronomers report the discovery of #erythrulose, a chiral four-carbon ketose, in the ISM.

    Erythrulose appears to be at least eight times more abundant than analogous three-carbon sugars, which remain undetected in our ultrasensitive observations.

    Quantum chemical and astrochemical models indicate that erythrulose forms efficiently on interstellar dust grains from simpler two-carbon aldehydes and alcohols.

    As ketoses readily isomerize into aldoses in aqueous conditions, interstellar erythrulose could have contributed to the sugar inventory available for early metabolic and replication processes.

    #astrobiology #astronomy
    nature.com/articles/s41550-026

  10. The latest newsletter just dropped with new trinitite specimens, EU shipping changes, owl pellets, and more. ☢️ 🇪🇺 🦉

    🔗 Link : mailchi.mp/3ef60eb647eb/trinit

    #meteorites #trinitite

  11. The latest newsletter just dropped with new trinitite specimens, EU shipping changes, owl pellets, and more. ☢️ 🇪🇺 🦉

    🔗 Link : mailchi.mp/3ef60eb647eb/trinit

    #meteorites #trinitite

  12. The latest newsletter just dropped with new trinitite specimens, EU shipping changes, owl pellets, and more. ☢️ 🇪🇺 🦉

    🔗 Link : mailchi.mp/3ef60eb647eb/trinit

    #meteorites #trinitite

  13. The latest newsletter just dropped with new trinitite specimens, EU shipping changes, owl pellets, and more. ☢️ 🇪🇺 🦉

    🔗 Link : mailchi.mp/3ef60eb647eb/trinit

    #meteorites #trinitite

  14. Scientists Just Found All 5 Genetic “Letters” of DNA and RNA on an Asteroid

    Ryugu sample in its return capsule. Credit: JAXA The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu strengthens the…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #ASTEROID #Astrobiology #AU #Australia #CurtinUniversity #Meteorites #SolarSystem
    newsbeep.com/au/756398/

  15. Scientists Just Found All 5 Genetic “Letters” of DNA and RNA on an Asteroid

    Ryugu sample in its return capsule. Credit: JAXA The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu strengthens the…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #ASTEROID #Astrobiology #AU #Australia #CurtinUniversity #Meteorites #SolarSystem
    newsbeep.com/au/756398/

  16. Scientists find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strike in Western Australia | Geology | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Geology #Meteorites

  17. Scientists find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strike in Western Australia | Geology | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Geology #Meteorites

  18. Scientists find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strike in Western Australia | Geology | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Geology #Meteorites

  19. Scientists find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strike in Western Australia | Geology | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Geology #Meteorites

  20. Scientists find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strike in Western Australia | Geology | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Geology #Meteorites

  21. Organics in #meteorites: In preparation for ESA’s search for life on #Mars with #RosalindFranklin, researchers from #mpsgoettingen, @unigoettingen and the University Côte d'Azur have investigated the chirality of pristane and phytane in the Murchison meteorite.
    Read more here: mps.mpg.de/mars-mission-a-stre
    Or here: doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.12

  22. Organics in #meteorites: In preparation for ESA’s search for life on #Mars with #RosalindFranklin, researchers from #mpsgoettingen, @unigoettingen and the University Côte d'Azur have investigated the chirality of pristane and phytane in the Murchison meteorite.
    Read more here: mps.mpg.de/mars-mission-a-stre
    Or here: doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.12

  23. Organics in #meteorites: In preparation for ESA’s search for life on #Mars with #RosalindFranklin, researchers from #mpsgoettingen, @unigoettingen and the University Côte d'Azur have investigated the chirality of pristane and phytane in the Murchison meteorite.
    Read more here: mps.mpg.de/mars-mission-a-stre
    Or here: doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.12

  24. Organics in #meteorites: In preparation for ESA’s search for life on #Mars with #RosalindFranklin, researchers from #mpsgoettingen, @unigoettingen and the University Côte d'Azur have investigated the chirality of pristane and phytane in the Murchison meteorite.
    Read more here: mps.mpg.de/mars-mission-a-stre
    Or here: doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.12

  25. Organics in #meteorites: In preparation for ESA’s search for life on #Mars with #RosalindFranklin, researchers from #mpsgoettingen, @unigoettingen and the University Côte d'Azur have investigated the chirality of pristane and phytane in the Murchison meteorite.
    Read more here: mps.mpg.de/mars-mission-a-stre
    Or here: doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.12

  26. Organics in #meteorites: In preparation for ESA’s search for life on #Mars with #RosalindFranklin, researchers from MPS, @[email protected], @[email protected] investigated the chirality of pristane and phytane in the Murchison meteorite. www.mps.mpg.de/mars-mission... @[email protected]

  27. Organics in #meteorites: In preparation for ESA’s search for life on #Mars with #RosalindFranklin, researchers from MPS, @[email protected], @[email protected] investigated the chirality of pristane and phytane in the Murchison meteorite. www.mps.mpg.de/mars-mission... @[email protected]

  28. 📢 I am starting a new Mastodon collection for meteorite-related accounts. ☄️

    👉 This collection is open to all scientists, collectors, dealers, and hunters who specialize in space rocks.

    👉 This is an opt-in collection. If you want to be included, please reply to this thread.

    👉 Please boost for reach.

    🔗 Link : mastodon.social/collections/11

    #meteorite #meteorites #PlanetaryScience #meteoritics #meteoriten #meteorito #geology #PlanetaryGeology #science #collection #MeteoriteCollection

  29. 📢 I am starting a new Mastodon collection for meteorite-related accounts. ☄️

    👉 This collection is open to all scientists, collectors, dealers, and hunters who specialize in space rocks.

    👉 This is an opt-in collection. If you want to be included, please reply to this thread.

    👉 Please boost for reach.

    🔗 Link : mastodon.social/collections/11

    #meteorite #meteorites #PlanetaryScience #meteoritics #meteoriten #meteorito #geology #PlanetaryGeology #science #collection #MeteoriteCollection

  30. 📢 I am starting a new Mastodon collection for meteorite-related accounts. ☄️

    👉 This collection is open to all scientists, collectors, dealers, and hunters who specialize in space rocks.

    👉 This is an opt-in collection. If you want to be included, please reply to this thread.

    👉 Please boost for reach.

    🔗 Link : mastodon.social/collections/11

    #meteorite #meteorites #PlanetaryScience #meteoritics #meteoriten #meteorito #geology #PlanetaryGeology #science #collection #MeteoriteCollection

  31. 📢 I am starting a new Mastodon collection for meteorite-related accounts. ☄️

    👉 This collection is open to all scientists, collectors, dealers, and hunters who specialize in space rocks.

    👉 This is an opt-in collection. If you want to be included, please reply to this thread.

    👉 Please boost for reach.

    🔗 Link : mastodon.social/collections/11

    #meteorite #meteorites #PlanetaryScience #meteoritics #meteoriten #meteorito #geology #PlanetaryGeology #science #collection #MeteoriteCollection