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    Extraterrestrial material refers to natural objects now on Earth that originated in outer space. Such materials include cosmic dust and meteorites, as...
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    particles before their extraterrestrial origin was confirmed) have become an important component of the extraterrestrial materials available for study in...
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    between 10−9 and 10−4 g and collectively comprise most of the extraterrestrial material that has come to the present-day Earth. Fred Lawrence Whipple...
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  • Although diamonds on Earth are rare, extraterrestrial diamonds (diamonds formed outside of Earth) are very common. Diamonds small enough that they contain...
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    The curation of extraterrestrial samples (astromaterials) obtained by sample-return missions takes place at facilities specially designed to preserve both...
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    naturally occurring materials, many man-made products are in use, some more and some less synthetic. The manufacturing of building materials is an established...
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    Cosmic dust – also called extraterrestrial dust, space dust, or star dust – is dust that occurs in outer space or has fallen onto Earth. Most cosmic dust...
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    programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of any extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently. AARO is committed...
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    oxyhydroxide mineral at the Earth's surface, and a likely constituent in extraterrestrial materials. It forms in several types of environments, from freshwater to...
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  • Ashtar (sometimes called Ashtar Sheran) is the name given to an extraterrestrial being or group of beings that a number of people claim to have channeled...
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    Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducts the curation works of extraterrestrial materials retrieved by some sample-return missions. They work closely with...
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    dedicated to curation of restricted (potentially biohazardous) extraterrestrial materials. The systems of such facilities must be able to contain unknown...
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  • The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is a collective term for scientific searches for intelligent extraterrestrial life, for example, monitoring...
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    1038/280729a0. Morabito, L. A.; et al. (1979). "Discovery of currently active extraterrestrial volcanism". Science. 204 (4396): 972. Bibcode:1979Sci...204..972M....
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    (particularly shocked quartz), shatter cones, geochemical evidence of extraterrestrial material or other methods. Complex crater Earth Impact Database Multi-ringed...
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  • planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the origin and history of the...
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  • planets visiting Earth. Origins of the term extraterrestrial hypothesis are unknown, but use in printed material on UFOs seems to date to at least the latter...
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    Cometary Dominated?". In Shostak, G.S. (ed.). Progress in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. Vol. 74...
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  • Cosmic dust Debris disk Detached object EXCEDE Exozodiacal dust Extraterrestrial materials Sample curation Sample-return mission Frost/Ice/Snow line Giant-impact...
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    objects. Therefore, less expensive methods to collect and analyse extraterrestrial materials have been looked for. Cosmic dust surviving atmospheric entry...
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    Bland, Phil; Brown, Peter; Halliday, Ian (2006-07-01), "Flux of Extraterrestrial Materials", Meteorites and the Early Solar System II, University of Arizona...
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    composition of the cosmos. Therefore, Goldschmidt concluded that extraterrestrial material must also be included to produce more accurate and robust data...
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    state; in early formation, the denser, heavier materials sank to the centre, leaving the lighter materials near the surface. Each therefore has a differentiated...
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    photograph S73-19456. Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials (CAPTEM). Retrieved 2006-11-21. Eric Hand (12 October 2014). "Recent...
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    orbit around a star. Around the youngest stars, they are the reservoirs of material out of which planets may form. Around mature stars, they indicate that...
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  • An extraterrestrial vortex is a vortex that occurs on planets and natural satellites other than Earth that have sufficient atmospheres. Most observed extraterrestrial...
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    samples of the visited bodies and return them back to Earth. Other extraterrestrial materials came to Earth naturally, as meteorites, or became stuck to artificial...
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    A. K.; Maden C. (11 August 2023). Recently Recovered Pristine Extraterrestrial Materials As Carriers of Primordially Trapped Noble Gases. 86th Meteoritical...
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    The study of extraterrestrial atmospheres is an active field of research, both as an aspect of astronomy and to gain insight into Earth's atmosphere. In...
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  • denominal adjectives denoting source (e.g. Japanese, volcanic, extraterrestrial) Material – denominal adjectives denoting what something is made of (e.g...
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