The Sordid Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite Smuggled into China M illennia ago a piece of the sky fell toward East Africa, ...

A new peer-reviewed study finds that early planet formations were assembled from fragments of earlier bodies within the Solar System.

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For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests these ingredients weren’t missing from the start. Instead, they were likely ...

CI chondrites are the most water- and volatile-rich of meteorites, with compositions similar to space rocks like Ryugu and Bennu. They are very porous and 'wet', with up to 20 percent of their weight ...

The Fukang Meteorite stands as one of the most exceptional and highly valued meteorites ever discovered, boasting both a unique aesthetic beauty and significant scientific importance. Discovered in ...

A museum has been built around the ancient Bronze and Iron Age cemetery where iron from space was discovered. Muzeum Częstochowskie Screengrab from Archeologia Żywa's Facebook post In the 1960s, ...

In the 1960s, following partial destruction by a housing development, the remains of an ancient cemetery were covered by a museum pavilion. The Częstochowa-Raków necropolis was opened to the public in ...