Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...

A possible meteorite crash sprung multiple fire departments in South Carolina’s Upstate into action Thursday. Viewers across ...

Iron meteorites are 3.5 times as heavy as a typical Earth rock. Stony meteorites are about one and half times as heavy. ... it might be harder to find a geologist who will help you identify it, ...

A study of fragments from a Martian meteorite shows that the common practice of using magnets to identify meteorites can overwrite records of magnetic fields stored within the space rocks ...

So you think you've found a meteorite. Rachel Micander, a graduate student in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering and a geologist for the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, shares ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

It’s time to drop the magnets, meteorite hunters. The commonly used method for identifying space rocks can destroy scientific information. Touching even a small magnet to a meteorite can erase ...

Experts believe pieces of a small asteroid that lit up the night sky over parts of the UK on Thursday have landed in the west ...

The meteorite pierced through the vehicle’s rear window and landed on an ice cream container. Brown University’s Ibarra Lab at the Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Brown University scientists are receiving some sweet recognition after positively identifying a meteorite that shattered a car window and landed in a carton of ice ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that have fallen to Earth’s surface. They can originate from comets, the moon and other planets, but about 99.8 percent of recovered space rocks have come from ...