Particle Podcast: Asteroids, comets and meteors

Asteroids and meteors have seen themselves in the news more and more regularly in recent years.

From near misses to missions to these celestial rocks, we’ve taken a keen interest in these leftovers from the formation of our solar system.

Astrogeologist and cosmic mineralogist Professor Gretchen Benedix from Curtin University joins us to explain why these objects are so important.