The Meteorites: Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time

How celestial bodies impact life on earth — from the acclaimed author of Notes from Deep Time

From your window you can see the stars and distant planets: light years away, it's easy to think that our existences and theirs will never intersect. Yet meteorites — mysterious, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value — connect us with the vastness of the universe. They may have brought the first life to our planet, and today they still reveal extraordinary scientific insights. Helen Gordon reve...