Meteors Brought Gold to Earth?

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on September 12, 2011
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Scientists studying rock samples have evidence that gold was delivered to Earth’s surface by meteors! The evidence indicates that about 3.9 billion years ago, a huge “firestorm” of meteors brought gold and other precious metals to the planet.

Learn more about meteors and early days on Earth on National Geographic News.

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Photograph by Wally Pacholka, TWAN

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Comments

  1. Dynamo22
    September 14, 2011, 10:54 pm

    I never knew that some of our important metals were brought to earth by simply meteors. I can understand how those scientists must feel, ‘wonderful’ to make such a wonderful discovery. Wow I would bet that the next post is going to be as good as this one.

  2. dynamo13
    September 14, 2011, 10:56 pm

    Wow, I did not know that meteors had gold and minerals. It is amazing that there are minerals in meteors, I wish that I could have found a meteor.

  3. dynamo 2
    September 14, 2011, 10:57 pm

    This is really interesting. How did you find out about the meteor that crashed?
    I am really looking forward to seeing more news.

  4. dynamo12
    September 15, 2011, 12:04 am

    I am wondering where that meteor came from.
    How did gold come from outer space? This is really interesting. I am looking forward to the next post.

  5. lucatoni
    October 28, 2011, 10:34 am

    This is very mysterious.I wonder how the gold was in the meteor

  6. cheetahgrrl
    December 17, 2011, 6:57 pm

    Are scientists 100% certain that precious metals were brought to earth from space? If so then where did the metals come from and why did they come to earth why not Mars or Jupiter? And do the scientists have proof? Why or why not?

  7. Bartimaeus
    February 21, 2012, 5:04 pm

    Neat

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